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AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 

CLASS RECORD OF 1886 



1886-1911 



Compiled by the Class Secretary 
Frederick Evans 



TO THE BOYS. 

This is the fifth Record of the Class prepared by the 
Class Secretary, who has endeavored to keep track of the 
members of the Class, to trace their achievements in their 
various lines of work, to find out something about their 
families, their public and home life, and to keep the Class 
posted on the achievements of "the Boys". It has been, on 
the whole, a work of pleasure. In any event, it is a work 
that must be done so that the college may have a record 
of what each class is doing, and the class itself be informed. 
On the whole, the record of the Class is a fine and 
honorable one, creditable alike to the University and to 
'86. A few have strayed from the straight path and fallen 
by the wayside; that, perhaps, was inevitable in a large 
class — for those days— which contained 163 men, but the 
average is high, worthy, honorable and commendable. 

Many of the sons of members are now in college, and 
many more are coming — which is fine, proper and fitting. 

Best of all, from the class point of view, is the fact 
that the class is more firmly knit together and united to-day 
than ever before. Eighty-Six never fought in college; it 
will never fight now, and as the members slowly, let us 
hope, and inevitably, of course, pass away from the Old 
Cannon, the ties of '86 will bind us still together, until 
the last bond is severed. 

There are many— alas ! too many— faces that we miss. 
They have gone away from us forever, but the memory of 
them is sweet and gracious, perpetual and abiding— fragrant 
especially at this time when we gather for Old Home Week, 
to celebrate the glorious, golden days of youth, to commune 
once more in the Old Home, and to look forward with 
hope and faith and courage to long and honorable lives. 

To the members of the Class and their families— God 
bless them all !— this book is dedicated. In some cases, the 
task has been "Love's Labor Lost", but in the main it has 
been "a thing of beauty, and a joy forever", to 

Frederick Evans, 
Class Secretary of '86. 




■■JJM" AUAMS 



CLASS OF 1886 

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 



JAMES COLLINS ADAMS 

"Jim" Adams died in San Francisco, Gal. on September 9, 1908. He had 
been failing for over a year, but in spite of a strong constitution he was unable 
to rally. 

His death caused general bereavement in Oakland, his old home, and 
throughout California, where he was a conspicuous and well known figure. The 
news of it was received with genuine regret by his classmates who will always 
hold him in affectionate remembrance. 

"Jim" was born in San Francisco, February 18, 1861, a son of the late 
James Adams and Sarah Elizabeth Adams. His parents were pioneers and his 
father was well known among the business men and citizens of the Pacific Slope. 
At one time the elder Adams was Sheriff of San Francisco, and for several 
terms he served in the State Legislature. "Jim" was educated in the public 
schools of Oakland, and took a course at the University of California, coming 
to Princeton in September 1882. His career in College was conspicuous, not 
only for the friendships he made, but also because of his athletic prowess. 
We all recall the old cry: "A man to match Adams!" When '86 produced 
him as its candidate for the heavy-weight cane spree, (his opponent on that 
occasion being "Pheetus" Woodend '85.) "Jumbo", as he was affectionately 
called, got the cane without a struggle. 

"Jim" was never a great student, but he was a faithful one, and his 
standing was good. As an athlete, he will be best remembered as center rush 
on the glorious "Tilly" Lamar team which defeated Yale at New Haven in the 
fall of 1885. 

After graduation, "Jim" entered the Columbia Law School, and in due 
time received the degree of LL.B. He returned to the Slope and practiced 
law with the firm of Scrivner & Schell, San Francisco. He was interested 
in politics as a Republican and was frequently a delegate to County and 
State Conventions. The Oakland Tribune said of him: "He was well known 
among the practitioners and jurists of San Francisco, and indeed, throughout 
the State, and was admired for his honorable and able manner of conducting 
his case before the bench and with opposing counsel." 

In later years "Jim" withdrew largely from practice at the bar, and de- 
voted himself to the management of the estate of his family. His later years 
were spent at his beautiful country place at Mountain View in Santa Clara 
County, where he lived a quiet and ideal life. 

He is survived by three brothers and two sisters : John E., San Francisco ; 
Walter H., Oakland; Mrs. John P. Jackson, BurHngame; Selby, San Fran- 
cisco; Mrs. Frank Godfrey, Riverside, and Fred S., Mountain View. 



CLARENCE J. ALLEN. 

Allen was born on June 7, 1865 in Titusville, Pa., a son of Francis Olcott 
Allen and Isabelle Cynthia Jones. He was prepared at Rugby Academy, Phila- 
delphia, and entered college in September '81 with the class of '85. He then went 
into '86 but was only with us during Freshman year until April 1883. 

After leaving Princeton, from June '83 to February '87 he became special 
apprentice in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Altoona, Pa., and then in 
February '87 went to Milwaukee as assistant engineer of tests on the Chicago, 
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, leaving that position in February 1889, to 
engage in the real estate and lumber business. In 1902, with B. L. Worden, 
of Milwaukee, he formed the Worden-Allen Company, structural engineers 
and contractors, and was secretary until 1909. He then became manager of 
the Milwaukee office of Tracy & Co., of Wall Street, New York, and is now 
dealing in real estate. 

Allen was married in Milwaukee, December 18, 1888, to Miss Elizabeth 
Seymour Steele, and has one son, Francis Olcott Allen HI, born in Milwaukee, 
September 19, 1889. His son went to Groton School, class of 1907, and was in 
Yale 191 1 Freshman year. He is now in the Buffalo office of the Lackawanna 
Bridge Co. 

Allen is a member of the Milwaukee Club. 



WILLIAM ARROTT. 

"Billy" Arrott came to Princeton in September '82 and left in Dec. '83. He 
was born in Allegheny, Pa., February 21, 1864, a son of James West Arrott 
and Isabella Lee Waddell. On leaving college he went into the insurance busi- 
ness in Pittsburg. He was married January i, 1891 at Sewickley, Pa., to Miss 
Elizabeth Severance Ramsay. He died a few years ago, leaving two sons and 
two daughters : Elizabeth Ramsay Arrott, born May 3, 1892 ; Isabella Arrott, 
born September 4, 1893 ; Charles Ramsay Arrott, born March 4, 1896, and 
William Arrott, Jr., born September 8, 1897. The two daughters are attending 
school at Dobb's Ferry, New York. Charles is at St. Paul's School, Concord, 
N. H., and William is at the Sewickley Preparatory School. 



PEARCE BAILEY. 

"Buck" was born in New York, July 12, 1865, a son of William E. and Harriet 
B. Bailey. He prepared for Princeton at Trinity Military Institute, Tivoli, N. Y., 
entered Princeton Sept. '82, and was graduated in '86 with the degree of A.B. 

From '86 to "89 he was a student at P. and S., receiving the degree of 
M.D. From '89 to '90 he was interne at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, and was 
attending physician at the Almshouse, Workhouse and Incurable Hospital at 
Blackwell's Island. From i890-'92, he was student in Paris, Zurich, Heidleberg 
and Vienna. From '92 up to the present time he has practised medicine with 
special reference to mental diseases. In this field "Buck" stands in the very 
forefront of his profession and is recognized as one of the leading alienists 
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and is the author of a standard work, "Bailey on Injury", which has received 
high praise. He is a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, Neuro- 
logical Society, Pathological Society, County Medical Society, University, Prince- 
ton, Ardsley and Century Clubs and of the Huguenot Society. He is also a trus- 
tee of the Craig Colony for Epileptics, and is connected with the faculty of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is a member of the Medical Board of 
the Neurological Institute in New York. 

"Buck" was married on Nov. ii, 1899, to Miss Edith L. Black (a sister of 
Charles Black '88) at Jobstown, N. J., and has four children, two boys and two 
girls : Edith Newbold, born Feb. 27, 1901 ; Pearce, Jr., and James Lawrence, 
TWINS, born July, 1902, and Geraldine, born Sept. 1907. 

"Buck" spends a great deal of his time, when not engaged in consultation 
in New York, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at his country place, 
"Four Winds", Katonah, N. Y. 

Under the head of "Remarks", "Buck" contributes the following philosophi- 
cal disquisition : 

The Aesculapian temple has proved for me a pleasant habitation, although it is 
not the lofty building crammed with accurate information that many people take it 
to be. Like many another edifice, impressions of it vary as they are derived from the 
inside or from without. The ideal and the practical are strangely mixed together. 
Actuated by the one, the medical man contemplates the stream of life and death, 
a point of view which carries a Nirvanalike calm with it, but is not commercially 
attractive. Constrained by nature or necessity to be practical, he busies himself 
to stem or divert the tide, a highly speculative business, for patients still go about, 
and perhaps always will, with their lives in their hands and, when curable, tingling 
with the faith which cures them. I have tried to be wise — not too wise, of course, but 
have never succeeded in finding out what wisdom is. To see disaster brought about by 
license makes you wish to go out and spread reform; but the very next day perhaps, 
you run across a soul so shrivelled up from repressing impulse, that you end by think- 
ing that anything is better than restraint of action. There's idle philosophy for you; 
and a ticket for any train you like— return trip not guaranteed. I studied medicine 
much against my will, as I thought I saw myself at forty the editor of some great 
daily. I founded one journal which wrecked itself and me, and after that I could 
induce no newspaper to have me on its staff. So I opened the materia medica and be- 
gan to read— the human body, or began to discern the unity in everything. This gets 
a mention simply to show that a man can do something he doesn't care for at first, 
and follow it for twenty-five years, without serious menace to his health and, in my 
case at least (I am not a surgeon) without serious injury to others. The moral may 
be useful to those fathers in '86 who have balky sons they don't know what 
to do with. When I was twenty-five it was discovered that I had a malady which 
would prove fatal in two years. My time is almost up, but I am trying by every means 
known to faith and science to prolong the term over the Great Reunion. 

WILLIAM BALLANTYNE. 

"Bally" is in the book business with the firm of William Ballantyne & Sons, 
Washington. He was married in 1893 to Miss Alice L. JefTras, of Cincinnati, 
Ohio. The Secretary regrets that he has no word from "Bally." 

DANIEL BOWER BANKS. 

Daniel was born in Baltimore, Md., son of Andrew Banks and Elizabeth 
Godwin. He went to St. James School, Washington County, Md., and St. Paul's 



School at Concord, entered Princeton in 1882 as a "Scientif" and left in the 

Spring of 1885. , ■ , u- 

He took up civil and electrical engineering and has achieved a big reputa- 
tion At one time he was chief engineer of the United Railways of Baltimore, 
and he has been engineer of the United States Electric Light Co., the Brush 
Electric Light Co., resident engineer of the Baltimore & Drum Pomt Railway, 
and consulting engineer for the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Company, 
Central Railway Company, Falls Road Electric Railway Company, president of 
Elizabeth City Water & Power Company and of Elizabeth City Sewerage Com- 
pany, Commodore of the Baltimore Yacht Club, etc., etc. He is associatefl m 
business with Blackwell and Alex. Moffat, both of '84, as consulting engineer. 

"Dan'l" has twice been married; first, to Miss Jean Warner Matthews on 
September 5, 1888, by whom he had three children— Jean Matthews, born Sep- 
tember 17, 1889; Nellie, who died at the age of two years; and Daniel Bower 
Banks, Jr., born January 10, 1895. The first Mrs. Banks died February 12, 1904. 
He married Miss Garey Tiernan Walton on June 7, 1905, and has one child 
by this marriage— Walton Godwin Banks, born October 2, 1907. His daughter, 
lean, was married to John S. Barnes, of Philadelphia, on October 2, 1909. 
''Dan'l", Jr., is preparing for Princeton at St. James School, Washington County. 
"Dan'l" was consulting engineer in 1909 to the Board of Fire Commissioners 
of Baltimore in connection with the high pressure fire service. 

He is a member of the firm of Banks & Keyser, a well-known engineering 
firm of Baltimore, which has been employed in many important enterprises. 
"Dan'l" is a member of the Princeton Club of New York. 
In October 1909 he was appointed by Governor Crothers, of Maryland, a 
delegate to the third annual convention of the Atlantic Inland Deeper Water- 
ways Association which met in Norfolk, Va., on November 17. 

In January 1909 "Dan'l" was prominently mentioned for the position of 
Water Engineer of Baltimore, but he declined to have his name considered 
in connection with that place. 

JOSEPH DEYOE BAUCUS. 

The "Senator" was born on September 23, 1864, at Northumberland, Sara- 
toga County, N. Y., son of Alexander Bryan Baucus and Esther Deyoe. His 
father was a prominent Democratic politician and served the county as Sheriflf 
and later as Senator, hence the "Senator's" nickname. The "Senator" prepared 
at Schuylerville High School and entered Princeton in September 1882, with 
the proud record — never equalled or surpassed — of thirteen conditions! He made 
good, however, and was graduated an A.B. in the first honor group. Later he 
got the degree of A.M. 

He studied law at Columbia Law School, graduating in 1888. From June 
1888 to July 1892 he was a member of the law firm of Brackett, Butler & Baucus, 
of Saratoga Springs, of which Senator Brackett was the head. From July 1892 to 
January 1897 he was a member of the law firm of Gayley ('84) Baucus & 
Fleming ('86), at No. 52 Wall Street, New York. From 1895 to 1905 he spent 
the bulk of his time in London, as a member of the firm of Maguire & Baucus, 
general importers and traders, representing especially Thomas A. Edison. He 
returned to this country in 1905, and resumed the practise of law. In 1908 he 



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was appointed by Mayor McClellan a Commission of Appraisal of the Board of 
Water Supply. 

The "Senator" was married February 28, 1890, to Miss Emma Olney, of 
Rome, N. Y., who died on March 7, of the same year, as a result or a railroad 
accident while they were on their honeymoon. The "Senator" was also severely 
injured and went abroad for his health. 

He is a Tammany man, but not of the ordinarily accepted type. He belongs 
to the Princeton and Manhattan Clubs, and is the reddest, hottest, tobascoest 
Princeton man "as is". He has written a couple of bully Princeton songs, and no 
doubt he will be glad to send them to any classmate who wants them. 

The "Senator" writes as follows : 

Have always been a Democrat except when Bryan or Hearst or Murphy 
controlled the party, which was most of the time. Am a Cleveland Democrat 
for revenue tariff, honest money and believe that public office is a public trust, not 
a private snap. 

Ran for Congress in my old home District, Saratoga, in a hopelessly Republican 
district, two years ago. Got a flattering vote but not enough to make it possible 
for me to go to Washington and tell the people the real facts about "Brother" 
Gaines. However, his own constituents gave their opinion of him as a "stand- 
patter" so I am content. Did I say content? Well, that is not entirely true. 
Another reason why I wanted to go to Washington was to test the far-famed mint 
bed of "Monty" Blair and his skill as a mixer of mint juleps. However, I may 
perhaps be able to do that and still maintain my high standard of political ethics. 

Have lived at the Princeton Club of New York for several years and the 
latch-string is always out to any '86 man who happens around my way. 

Next to the mother who bore me and the sister who loves me my heart is 
and always will be with dear old Princeton and the Class of '86. God bless them 
everyone ! 

On September 8, 1908, the "Senator" was nominated for representative in 
Congress by the Democrats of the Twenty-fifth District of New York, com- 
prising the counties of Hamilton, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, and Warren. 
Although he is a practising lawyer in New York City, the "Senator" has always 
maintained his legal residence at his old home in Bacon Hill, Saratoga County. 
He conducted an exceedingly lively campaign in a district which is overwhelm- 
ingly Republican, as may be inferred from the accompanying letter which ap- 
peared in The New York Tribune of September 11, 1908: 

THE VOICE RAUCOUS OF J. D. BAUCUS 



Tells of the 25th District Caucus 
To the Editor of The Tribune: 

Sir: This is to inform you of the fact that on Tuesday, September 8, I 
was nominated by the Democratic convention of the 2Sth Congress District of 
New York for member of Congress. Evidently this has escaped your attention, 
in spite of the fact that it was duly announced in The New York Sun of Septem- 
ber 9. I would advise you to read The Sun, if you want to find out what is 
going on. 

Incidentally, I may state that I am running for Congress on the Democratic 
ticket in the rottenest "pocket" borough in the State of New York — and I 
trust in the United States — and against a man whose qualifications are second 
only to those of Senator Ankeny, of Washington, as the most useless member 



in Congress— to wit, Cyrus Durey. If you want Mr. Durey's record, you can 
easily obtain it. 

There is a nominal Republican majority in my district of between 6,000 
and 7,000. Fortunately, the average American is honest and has a brain, 
and uses it. It is for this reason that I am taking up this fight, and mean to win. 
You can use all or none of my speech, and are welcome to make any comment 
upon it you please. 

Before Election Day comes around your readers, and even you, may dis- 
cover the fact that there is a fight on in the 25th Congressional District, and 
that a man by the name of Baucus is in it. 

New York, Sept. 10, 1908. (Signed) Joseph D. Baucus. 

We regret to state, however, that "the voice raucous of J. D. Baucus" was 
the voice of "one crying in the wilderness". The voters very foolishly and 
perversely preferred the most useless member in Congress — to wit, Cyrus 
Durey — and elected Durey by 27,152 votes to 19,927 votes for Baucus, a show- 
ing, however, which indicated a change of thousands of votes in favor of the 
"Senator". It is too bad the "Senator" didn't run in the fall of 1910, when Mr. 
Durey was swamped, along with "Brer" Gaines and the rest of them. 

GRANT R. BENNETT. 

"Bennett" is in poor health and is living in Los Angeles. He is practising 
law. He began the practice of law in St. Joe, Mo., and Galveston, Tex., then 
came to New York until his health failed. He was married in Chicago, June 
9, 1892, to Miss Nina Frances Morgan. 



SAMUEL MILLS BEVIN. 

Mills Bevin died on March 6, 1900. He was stricken with pneumonia on 
March i, while on a business trip to Philadelphia for the firm of Bevin Bros. 
Manufacturing Company of East Hampton, Conn., of which he was a member. 
He was reinoved to the Pennsylvania Hospital but failed to rally, and died at 
midnight on March 6, to the sorrow and regret of his family, his friends and 
his class. His funeral was held at his old home in East Hampton, and Tracy 
Harris represented the class. 

Mills's career was crowned with success and honor. He died in the prime 
of his life, beloved and respected by all who knew him. He held many po- 
sitions of trust and honor. He was President of the Board of Directors of 
Chatham Public Library, a member of the School Board, treasurer of Chatham 
Hall, secretary and treasurer of the Pacotopang Water Power Company, direc- 
tor in the Portland Savings Bank, and the Brainard, Shailor & Hall Quarry 
Company, and clerk and treasurer of the Congregational Church of East Hamp- 
ton. 

Mills was married in Brooklyn, November 14, 1889 to Miss Juliet H. 
Williams, who survives him with three children : Allen W., born September 
28, 1893 ; Newton P., born October 4, 1895, and Harriet Morgan, born March 
II, 1898. Mrs. Bevin subsequently married Newton P. Bevin, a brother of 
Mills, and is now living with her family in Jamaica, L. L 

The two boys are now in 'prep' school on the way to Princeton, the 
elder, Allen W., entering in 191 1, and the other, Newton P. a year later. 



DANIEL DENISON BICKHAM. 

"Bick" was born in Dayton, O., Oct. 31, 1864, a son of Major William D. 
Bickham and Mary Stickle. He prepared for college at Deaves Collegiate Insti- 
tute at Dayton, entered college in '82, and was graduated in '86, with the degree 
of A.B. His brother, "Abe" was in '82, and "Charlie' in '90 — both of them now 
in the United States Army. 

"Bick's" career in college was bright and shining. In the pitching line he 
was "all the goods", as everyone will remember. The only trouble was that they 
didn't have anyone to handle his cannon ball delivery and this is no disparagement 
to John Harlan, "Jim" Shaw or "Bum" Brownlee. "Bick's" athletic record 
will be found elsewhere. As a simon-pure, double-rivetted, copper-bottomed, 
orange-and-blacker, "Bick" is the "real thing". He's more enthusiastic now 
than he ever was, and that's "going some". He thinks nothing of coming on for 
a baseball or football game with Yale, but what he thought after the Yale game 
last November isn't fit matter to be incorporated in this chaste history of honest 
men. 

After graduation "Bick" still stuck to baseball and in the summer of '86 
pitched, just for fun, for the Cincinnati Association nine and won the game. 
He still pitches now and then. He entered the business office of his father's 
paper, The Dayton Journal, in September '86, and remained with it until April 
I, 1910 in various capacities — cashier, business manager, and in 1898 he took 
entire charge of the paper when his two brothers enlisted for the Spanish War. 
His father died in 1904, and "Bick" continued to run the paper in the interest 
of his mother who owned it until October 1904, when she sold it. "Bick" 
remained with the paper in the business department until April i, 19 10, when 
he entered the accounting department of Herring, Hall, Marvin Safe Co., of 
Hamilton, O. He says he expects to be assigned to the Fireproof Furniture and 
Construction Co., of Hamilton, of which C. U. Carpenter '93 is president. 

"Bick" was married at Easton, Pa. to Miss Anna Raub Stout and has had 
three children: Emily Marie, born December 19, 1889; William Denisom, 
born October 31, 1891, and Ann Elizabeth, born July 29, 1894. Emily Marie 
died December 26, 1890. William D. is now (1911) at Princeton in the Sopho- 
more class. Ann Elizabeth is a student at the Dayton High School. 

"Bick" writes : 

May I be permitted to transgress a more modest reticence and reassure my 
old '86 friends, who respected me for what I refused to yield to when in college, that 
I still have a right to that respect, and want it? For it has been that more than 
any other influence which has anchored me in my days of fierce tribulation. 

Next to my children and my mother, I esteem the respect and good-will of the 
boys I knew so well at old Princeton. Here has been a rock for me to stay my feet 
when I felt — "What's the use?" This may sound weak or even maudlin to some, 
but I never was afraid of the truth. Take it for what each thinks it worth. I 
think the proudest day I ever knew was when my boy joined his classmates at old 
Princeton in Sept. 1909, and his year at Princeton has been the happiest I have 
known since I left the old place with "the best on earth" in June '86. He has not 
made good at baseball or football, but he has made good as a student. He is a 
member of the Instrumental Club, and I hope he hits the trail hard for football this 
year. In my daughter I find the solace that comes from the sweetest ever. Let me 
say here, that whatever may come, neither of my children has ever caused me one 
hour's pain, and God can't give a man better. This is no dirge. It is but the song 



of what has passed. What is ahead of me looks all good and bright, and I am 
happy in my memories of '86, looking forward to much that will be profitable and 
cheerful from further Princeton meetings and reunions, for here I find confidence 
and friendships not to be interfered with by politics, business or society. I write 
thus believing everyone of us wants the truth from the heart of each other at this 
time, and I know no other place I would go with it expecting the glad hand and a 
square deal. My kiddos, my personal integrity, and my Princeton memories and 
affiliations I hold as my three best assets in life. With Princeton men I turn back 
the hands of the clock to when we all knew and loved each other for Princeton's 
sake, with no outside affairs to jangle out of tune. So are we boys again whenever 
we will. 

MONTGOMERY BLAIR. 

"Monty" writes as follows: 

My permanent address is Silver Spring, Maryland, and my office Room 701 Hibbs 
Building, Washington, D. C. My father's name was Montgomery Blair (Postmaster 
General in President Lincoln's Cabinet) and my mother's, Mary Elizabeth Wood- 
bury. I was born March 14, 1865, which doubtless accounts for my fleetness of foot 
and other qualities that I have in common with the rabbit. 

I entered Princeton, with a few conditions, at the beginning of our Freshman 
year and managed, in spite of "Cam's" bi-annual and other severe trials, to stay the 
course and get my "Dip," much to the surprise of myself, my family and my many 
friends. 

I spent the summer of 1886 resting from the arduous labors of Senior year and 
recovering from the excesses of graduation week. In the fall of that year I began 
the study of law at an "after dark" near university in this neck of the woods, then 
known as the Columbian, now yclept the George Washington. In the due course of 
time I received my degree and was admitted to the bar. Since which time I have 
been constant to that "cruel Mistress," except for an occasional liaison or so, when 
facinated by the manuscripts of Madison and Jackson, the delights of agricultural 
life, the money in real estate or other business, I have strayed for a time in other 
pastures. 

I have found my Mistress nothing like as bad as those heartless jades, who keep 
their devotees at work all and every night, at astronomy or a night watchman's job, 
for instance, and She has Charity "left at the post" when it comes to covering sins, 
for She is a veritable two-edged sword cutting brush both ways with every stroke 
to cover the shortcomings of both attorney and client. 

I was married February 26, 1895, having been successful in persuading a Mass- 
achusetts girl, Edith Draper, to leave the Ancestoral Cod Fish and Baked Beans for 
the Hog and Hominy of our Sunny South. After nearly sixteen years of married 
life she has not once kicked on the diet, all of which goes to show that a Yankee with 
a Southern disposition is a blend that has Duffy's Pure Malt, Old Crow and all the 
rest of them licked before they get into the ring. 

I find myself drifting down life's stream, with a keen look out for the quiet 
water. I have six children: Edith, born Sept. 6, 1896; Minna, born Nov. 9, 1897; 
Montgomery, Jr., born Nov. 9, 1898; Virginia, born Dec. 21, 1899; William', borii 
Dec. 13, 1902 ; and Ellen, born May 25, 1905, all the way from fourteen to six years 
of age, and I am trying to teach them to tell the truth and take the licking, which 
is not easy work. However, if they one and all do not hate Yale, despise Harvard 
and love Princeton, my few remaining hairs will rise in just wrath. 

I cannot close without telling you that I have been honored by the unanimous 
election as President for life of the Free & Easy Club with the additional titles of 
F. C. C. and G. P. M. M. J. M., which means. Finest Cocktail Compounder and 
Grand Past Master Mint Julep Maker. 

"Monty" is a real, sure-enough farmer. He grows mint at his country 







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place as one would grow orchids or raise a crop of radium. The Secretary 
knows because he has been asleep in the old mint patch once or twice, or 
mayhap, several times. 

"Monty" has devoted considerable time to editing the papers of his grand- 
father, Francis P. Blair, who was an intimate friend of President Andrew Jack- 
son, which were presented to the Library of Congress by the members of the 
Blair family. He is the author of an interesting article on President Martin Van 
Buren, which appeared in Harper's Magazine for September 1909. He belongs 
to the Columbia Historical Society, the Sons of the Revolution, the Southern 
Relief Society, the Metropolitan, Alibi, Chevy Chase, Patuxent and Hog & 
Highball Clubs. 

WILIAJVI R. BLAKEMORE. 

"Blake" was born in "Old Kentucky" January 15, 1864, son of M. H. 
Blakemore and Catherine B. Blakemore. He went to the University School at 
Louisville, Ky., entered Princeton "Scientif" in September '82 and left in June 
'85. While in college "Blake" was prominent in athletics, especially football and 
lacrosse. He was also chairman of the "Soph" Reception Committee. 

The first year and a half after leaving college "Blake" was with the Louis- 
ville and Nashville Railroad at Montgomery, Ala. Then he went to Chicago 
and was with the firm of Francis Cropper Co., a wholesale furnishing goods 
house, for which he traveled in the West. Since 1896 he has been in the furnish- 
ing goods business for himself at Chicago, and a year and a half ago (Feb. 
1909) went back to "Old Kentuck", and established the firm of Mitchell & 
Blakemore (same business) at Paris, Ky. 

"Blake" hasn't been back to Princeton since he left, but he will be on 
hand for "Old Home Week". 

"Blake" was married at Paris, Ky., on January 3, 1899 to Miss Mary 
Ellen Neely. They had one child, Katherine Taylor, who was born January 
21, 1903 and who died July 4, 1905. 

WILLIAM HTJTTON BLAUVELT. 

Blauvelt was born March 20, 1863, at Elizabeth, N. J., son of George M. 
S. Blauvelt and Sarah Holmes. He entered Princeton in September '82 and left 
in December '82, going to Lafayette to take a course in metallurgical engineering. 
There he received the degrees of E.M. and M.S. For a time he was blast 
furnace chemist and superintendent of the Durham Iron Works at Riegelsville, 
Pa.; from '88 to '95 he was gas and fuel engineer, and was in Montana for 
three years smelting copper. From 1895 to date he has been connected with 
Semet Solvay Co., of Syracuse, N. Y. of which he is consulting engineer, and 
his business is essentially the development of the by-product coke oven for the 
coking of coal and saving of its by-products, ammonia, tar and gas, together 
with the development of the application of these products to the arts. 

He was married October 22, 1891 to Adele Picot Wilson of Philadelphia, 
and has two daughters: Adele, born August 3, 1893 at Anaconda, Mont., and 
Katherine, born June 10, 1900 at Syracuse. Adele attends school at Cambridge, 
Mass., and Katherine is in a private school in Syracuse. 



ROBERT BRUCE BOWIE. 

"Old Bob" Bowie was born July 19, 1865, at Upper Marlborough, Prince 
George's County, Maryland, son of Thomas Fielder Bowie and Mary Virginia 
Griffith Bowie. He prepared for college at St. James College Grammar School, 
Washington County, Maryland, entered Princeton in September '82 and was 
graduated in '86 with the degree of A.B. "Bob" also took the special course so 
ably served by James Odoriferous. 

After graduation "Bob" took a three year's course at the Universities of 
Maryland and Virginia and was admitted to the bar in 1890, but he soon 
abandoned the law for civil engineering, and from September 1890 to March 
1893 he was on the engineering corps of the B. & O. R. R. ; from March '93 to 
March '96 he was assistant engineer on the topographical survey of Baltimore ; 
from March '96 to January 1900 he served in the same capacity with the North 
Carolina Power Company and the Baltimore Street Railway Co.; from Jan- 
uary igoo to September 1903 he was in the commission business in the exporting 
of fruits, bark, tallow, and feed stuff with, the firm of Lloyd, Bowie & Co. 
From September 1903 to February 1905 he was assistant engineer of the 
Consolidated Gas Co., of Baltimore, and from February 1905 up to the present 
time (January 191 1) he has been an assistant engineer for the City of Baltimore 
with offices at the City Hall, in the Department of Repairs and Maintenance. 

"Bob" was married September 5, 1904 to Miss Mary Clare O'Connor, of 
Baltimore. He has no children. 

"Bob" is, or was, a "sojer" and a veteran of the Spanish War. He was 
a member, and finally became a Captain of Co. A, Fifth Regiment, the crack 
military organization of Baltimore, serving with that body from November '86 
to March 1904. "Bob" says: "The government gave us no chance to fight 
anything but typhoid fever and embalmed beef". 



JAMES HARRINGTON BOYD. 

The following sketch of "Boydie" is taken from the "Memoirs of Lucas 
County, Ohio" : 

James Harrington Boyd, attorney, counselor-at-law, and mathematician, of Toledo, 
Ohio, was born at Keene, Ohio, Dec. 7. 1862, the son of James and Mary Ross. 
Mr. Boyd is descended, on his father's side from the numerous family of Boyds, 
of Scotch and Scotch-Irish descent. On the mother's side he is descended from Ehze 
Ross, nee Boone. Elize Boone was a direct descendant from Thomas Boone, brother 
of Squire Boone. Squire Boone was the father of Daniel Boone, the great Kentucky 
pioneer. George Boone, the father of Squire and Thomas, with his family of eleven 
children, landed in Philadelphia, 1717, coming direct from Exeter, England. He 
at once took his family to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he became a Quaker, 
and he assisted in the organization of Exeter township. 

James H. Boyd was graduated at Princeton University, with the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts, in the year 1886. He won the Mathematical Fellowship in 1886-7 
and received his Master's degree in June 1888. Later, he became professor of 
mathematics at Macalester College, at St. Paul, Minn., and he was a student at the 
University of Gottingen, Germany, during the years i8go-i and 1892-3. He received 
the degree of Doctor of Science at Princeton in 1892. From 1893 to 1895, he was a 
tutor in mathematics at the University of Chicago, and he was an instructor there 
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and the treasurer of the famous Quadrangle Club during the years 1900 and 1901. Mr. 
Boyd was a student at the Harvard Law School in 1902 and 1903, and in 1904 he 
removed to Toledo, where he is now successfully engaged in the practice of his 
profession. 

In 1908, he was the Democratic candidate for Circuit Judge in the Sixth Judicial 
Circuit of Ohio. He is a member of the Ohio Bar Association, which organization 
he represented at the annual convention of the American Bar Association, and also 
at the meeting of the International Bar Association, which convened at Portland, 
Me., in August 1907. He was elected a member of the Committee on Judicial 
Administration and Legal Reform of the Ohio Bar Association, 1909. 

Mr. Boyd is a frequent contributor to legal journals and to the daily press, and 
he has also written extensively on mathematical subjects, being the author of "Boyd's 
College Algebra," translations of "Briot and Bouquet's Geometria Analytique," and 
many mathematical papers for scientific journals. He is affiliated with the Beta Theta 
Pi college fraternity, and, in his political views, is a Cleveland Democrat. 

In 1910, he was elected President of the Princeton University Alumni Asso- 
ciation of Northwestern Ohio. Mr. Boyd has traveled extensively throughout Ger- 
many, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, France, England, and the United States and 
Canada. His favorite recreations are traveling, hunting in the mountains, and golf 
playing, though he never permits pleasure to interfere with his close attention to 
professional duties. 

On March 25, 1896, Mr. Boyd was married at Portland, Me., to Miss Susan 
Adams, and three children have resulted from this happy marriage: Helen, born 
Jan. 3, 1897; Mary, born July 15, 1899; and James Harrington, Jr., born Nov. 22, 1902. 

Helen is in the Toledo High School, and the two other children are in the 
ward schools. 

Boyd came on to New York in December 1910 to address the National 
Civic Federation on the question of employers' liability. On November loth, 
lith, and 12th he took part in a conference of all the Commissions in the United 
States to the number of eleven, which were investigating State industrial in- 
surance with a view to formulating a uniform act to be adopted by the various 
States. As a member of the Legal Committee of the conference, he was in- 
strumental in draughting such a law. 

The following letter to Boyd from Air. F. C. Schwedtman, who is chair- 
man of the Commission of the National Association of Manufacturing and the 
best informed man in the United States on this subject, will give some idea 
of the important and valuable work Boyd is doing as chairman of the Em- 
ployers' Liability Commission of Ohio: 

I had no idea of the wonderful basis for your special ability for the difficult 
task for which you have been appointed by Governor Harmon. I know of no state 
official connected with a commission who has your training. It is, therefore, no 
wonder that you have accomplished so much. I am delighted to hear that you propose 
a bill that will be in lines with mine and Mr. Emery's recommendations, and I sin- 
cerely hope that before it is reported, it will contain a provision recognizing the 
principle of workers' contribution, even if only in a small degree. I note that you say 
there are some corporations' attorneys who claim that the employees' contribution 
would mean too liberal awards for injured workers. I am in favor of the most 
liberal awards possible without injuring the competition of the manufacturers with 
those of another state. I think it is far better to have even 10 per cent, contribution 
by the workingmen and give him 66 per cent, of his wages during disability than to 
give him 50 per cent, without contribution on his part. It is the principle and not 
the amount that I am trying to defend. 

However, you have evidently gone a long ways toward embodying the principles 

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which we both know are correct into the Ohio law, and I am exceedingly anxious 
to see your draft. 

I shall consider it a special privilege to work towards the proper recognition 
of your most excellent services as the chairman of the committee. 

Your worthy Governor, as well as the business men of Ohio, surely should know 
better than to let such a valuable man as you are slip out of their fingers. You 
have all the qualifications to make future state work, insurance or otherwise, effi- 
cent and correct, and I shall see to it that your efforts are placed before the business 
men of Ohio. If you want me to look over your drafts, I will be glad to do this 
in strict confidence, or I would be glad to serve you in any other way in which this 
great cause can be advanced in Ohio or elsewhere. 

You will be interested to learn that after thorough discussions in Connecticut 
we have not only convinced the business men, but also a great many legislators who 
came to hear us during our lectures in Hartford. The chairman of the judiciary 
committee of the House as well as the Senate are anxious to have our aid in draught- 
ing bills providing for our principles. 

Boyd wrote later that the bill which his commission prepared for the Legis- 
lature of Ohio to coinpensate workingmen injured in industrial accidents passed 
on April 27, 191 1. 

In August 1908, Boyd wrote to the Secretary as follows : 

"Allow me to apologize humbly for informing you that the Democrats of 
the 6th Judicial Circuit of Ohio nominated me as their candidate for Circuit 
Judge ($6,000 per annum, if elected?)." 

"Boydie"', however, still continued to practise law, in compliance with the 
expressed preference of his constituents who evidently didn't know a good thing 
when they saw it and had it. 



JOSEPH GERALD BRANCH. 

Branch was born in Columbia, Tenn., November 21, 1864, a son of Joseph 
Branch and Mary Jones Polk. His father and uncle. General Lawrence O'Brian 
Branch, were graduates of Princeton in 1837 and 1838. He was a student at the 
University of Tennessee before he entered Princeton in the fall of '85. He was 
graduated with the degree of B.S. in '86. After leaving college he became a 
student in Berlin University, remaining there a year. On his return he went 
into the law office of Governor Marks of Tennessee and was appointed a State 
Attorney, July i, 1888. In the same year he was beaten for the Legislature 
by a few votes. He removed from Nashville to St. Louis and was admitted 
to practise there in October '99. He was Chairman of the Committee of Legal 
Education and Admission to the bar in Tennessee for four years, and was 
Chairman of the Committee on Platform and Resolution at the Democratic 
State Convention of 1898. He was also revenue attorney for State and County 
in Tennessee for '88- '91. 

In St. Louis, Branch became inspector of Boilers and Engineers, and 
Chief Engineer of the City. He moved to Chicago and is now president of the 
Branch Publishing Company, and is editor of "Practical Electricity and Engin- 
eering". 

He says he is a bachelor — "too busy to get married". 

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Branch, besides being an engineer, is an author, and among the books he 
has written are the following: Stationary Engineering (complete in three 
volumes) Third Edition; Vol. I. Steam Boilers and Attachments; Vol. II. Steam 
Engines, Heating and Electricity; Vol. III. Elevators, Mechanical Refrigeration 
and Steam Turbines; Conversations on Electricity, Gespraeche Ueber Elek- 
trizitaet; Electric Wiring; Heat and Light from Municipal and other Waste; 
Engineers' Descriptive Charts, (in Colors) showing: The Development of the 
Steam Boiler, The Development of the Steam Engine, The Development of the 
Electric Generator; The Steam Engine — Its Growth and Construction Simply 
Explained ; The Steam Boiler — Its Growth and Construction Simply Explained ; 
The Dynamo — Its Growth and Construction Simply Explained. 



HERBERT L. BRICE. 

The class has already heard, through the medium of the last Class Record, 
of the sad death of Herbert Brice, which occurred at a sanitarium in Flint, Mich., 
on May 29, 1902, where he had been for about nine months. Several years before 
he had suffered from an attack of typhoid fever, and his health was never good 
after that. 

Brice's career had been one of promise and success. After graduation he 
studied law at Columbia University and in Lima, O., his home. He was admitted 
to the bar in June 1888, and entered into partnership with S. S. Wheeler, solicitor 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was president of the Northern 
Ohio Railroad Company, vice-president of one of the local banks and director of 
the Lima Locomotive & Machine Co., and after the death of his brother, U. S. 
Senator Calvin S. Brice, a great deal of his time was occupied in looking after 
the affairs of that estate. 

Herbert was a loyal Princetonian, and a loyal '86 man. He will always be 
remembered for his many sterling qualities of heart and soul and for his genial 
and warm personality. 

He was born in Lima, O., April 9, 1865. 



JOHN CALHOUN. 

"Jack" was born in Alleghany Co., Pa., Sept. 22, 1863, son of James Calhoun 
and Sarah Elizabeth Calhoun. He prepared for college at Jefferson Academy, 
Canonsburg, Pa., entered Princeton in the fall of '82 and was graduated with the 
degree of A.B. While in college he was leader of the Glee Club in his senior year. 

After graduation "Jack" returned to Princeton in the fall and entered the 
Seminary. He stayed there only a few weeks as he had to go West with his 
brother. Will, who was ill. He died in Sept. '87. "Jack" remained in the West 
until '89 principally in California, ranching and travelling. From '89 to '92 he 
was assistant pastor to the Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, of the First Presbyterian 
Church of Germantown, Pa., and on Nov. 15, 1896, he accepted a call to the 
church at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, where he is still happily and successfully located. 

"Jack" usually spends his summers in the Adirondacks, but has made several 
trips to Europe and California. He has been Moderator of the Presbytery of 

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Philadelphia North and has the distinction of being a trustee of three colleges: 
Wilson College for Women at Chambersburg, Pa., Ursinus College, and Lincoln 
University. In June 1909 he received the degree of D.D. from Ursinus. He 
has been for eight years a member of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian 
Church and a director of the Ministerial Sustentation Fund. 

"Jack" says he has been blessed with good health, and weighs 175 pounds, 
which is going some. He still keeps up his music and has a fine glee club of 
twenty-five young men. He belongs to the Mt. Airy Country Club and the 
Automobile Club of Germantown. 

On July 31, 1900 "Jack" was married to Miss Louise B. Johnstone at Con- 
nellsville, Pa. Waddell assisted the officiating clergyman, and Wills and Clark 
were ushers. He has two children; Sarah Elizabeth, born May i, 1901 and 
John Adley, born March 5, 1905. Sarah attends Miss Mills's private school in 
Philadelphia, and John is too young to go to school. 



WILLIAM A. CALHOUN. 

William A. Calhoun, a brother of "Jack," died on September 3, 1887. He 
entered Princeton in '82, but had to leave on account of illness in November '83. 
He returned later to enter the Class of '88, but was again taken ill, and obliged 
to leave. He sought relief in the milder climate of the West, where he died in 
September '87. He was an earnest, zealous student, of quiet, manly ways, and 
attracted many friends to him by his loyal, simple character. 



ARNOLD GUYOT CAMERON. 

Guyot sends the following report : 

Born March 4, 1864, at Princeton, son of Henry Clay Cameron '47, and Mina 
(Chollet) Cameron, niece and Godchild of Arnold Guyot, of whom I was Godchild. 
My preparation was entirely by my father. Entered Princeton in the fall of 1882, 
with the Class of '86, and was graduated in June, with the Class of '86, with the 
degree of B.A. 

In 1888, after two years of requirements in one, by studies pursued 1886-1887, 
I received the degree of M.A. And in 1891, I received the degree of Ph.D., upon 
examination. This last degree was given for work in Greek, in Philosophy, and in 
Pedagogics. It was just my luck to be the first man to come up for examination 
under the new rules then applied, and not applied since. For Committees now ex- 
amine. But with pomp of circumstance, in the Faculty Room, before the assembled 
Faculty, I was put through two public examinations, after a two hours' attempt at 
writing one had been interrupted by the constant coming in and going out of members 
of the Faculty, a fine accompaniment to consecutive thought. This was the first 
degree given for examination in Greek, after the discredited honoris causa Ph.D. 
went out. The audience, for many reasons, did not assist my pleasure and mental 
power during ray examination. But out of nervousness came enough nerve to pass 
the examinations and the examiners. I was not turned down. And Princeton is 
unable to remove these three degrees which it granted me. 

Present occupation? My present occupation is solving the equation between a 
large family and the cost of living. As the Class know, I have been for six years 
"out of a job". I shall not discuss this, nor its patent results, nor the causes of these 
results. Into that tissue of falsehoods, hypocrisies, hereditary enmities, and personal 



ones, due to entirely honorable reasons, I shall not go. For seventeen years, in three 
institutions, — and the records of various kinds are there to prove it, I was able to do 
the business committed unto me : to stimulate and to reach young men. What happened 
to break this and moral contracts, as well? But here I stop. Documentary evidence 
as to much of truth and falsehood fortunately exists. It can not interest at this 
moment. Only don't let '86 think that I have been idle these years, after the many 
years of teaching and editing and public speaking. Much of strain has been in life. 
Much of business after the deaths of my father, of my mother, and of my cousin, 
in California, whither I went in 1908 for a hasty trip. I have been more than busy 
these same years. All of which finally helped to land me this winter in the 
University Hospital, Philadelphia, for a long-deferred and most painful operation, 
which has until now, since return, rather broken me, added to previous strains, 
especially for ten years past. 

Previous occupation? You see it is decidedly "previous". But after leaving 
college, I did these : 

The one year of post-graduate study in Princeton until 1887. Then, I went to 
Europe for supposably three years, but when Miami University called me in 1888, 
I returned to be "Professor of the French and German Languages and their Litera- 
tures" there. Miami, known as the Mother of Fraternities, is also, according to a 
public utterance of President Patton, the institution that has turned out in proportion 
to its graduates, a larger number of distinguished men than any other. Take Presi- 
dent Benjamin Harrison, a lot of Governors, and Ambassador Whitelaw Reid as 
examples. The three years in Miami were fruitful in every way. An institution 
was to be reorganized. The reorganization was perhaps a little rich at the time, but 
the influence of it was the foundation of the present vigorous growth of Miami's 
new youth. Largely, it was Princeton influence : President Warfield '82, who rounds 
out this June his twenty years as President of Lafayette, where he has done wonders ; 
R. B. C. Johnson '87, now of the Princeton Faculty, I am glad to say ; Parrott '88, 
also of the Princeton Faculty, where equally he belongs : these men and others, Yale, 
Amherst, Syracuse, and others yet, did a good work. We passed happy years in 
that little Oxford, aided also by its two colleges for women. We learned our educa- 
tional trade in a remarkable school of experience. And our reward of promotion 
to larger fields came quickly. 

In June, 1891, I was called to Yale University, as Assistant Professor of French, 
in charge of the work in the Yale Sheffield Scientific School. Long live the Yale 
Student ! And great is Yale ! My relations with my large classes were extra- 
ordinarily happy. To that garden spot in life, I look back with unalloyed joy. 
Not that the Princeton brand was unobjectionable to some minds, nor that the 
aforesaid relations caused similar joy in all other human hearts, — not studental. 
They didn't. Nor must it ever be forgotten that what is or seems "French", ergo, 
its literature as well, are to many minds still in the category of the old definition 
given in the philosophies taught students for many years, as proofs of French spirit : 
"the French are fond of dancing and light wines." That is the usual estimate even 
unto this day. General Horace Porter put it with his usual brilliancy of statement, 
while he was Ambassador at Paris, when he said that the Englishman (soldier) wore 
blue trousers and a red coat, but the Frenchman wore red trousers and a blue coat, 
and so, the Frenchman was the Englishman turned upside down. After a life of 
much pioneering in French education, and spent in opening the glories of French 
thought and of French history and of French personality to thousands of our youths, 
most of whom I have evidence, remain converted, I have mixed charity and contempt 
for ignorance or prejudice in those who administrate our institutions, or who hate 
the graces of French life and thinking and expression. These last will outlive their 
narrow-minded and boor critics. And French things will pass par, when these same 
critics have passed out. 

Well, results do not always condition the success they deserve. I resigned from 
Yale, and accepted a little later the chair of French in the John C. Green School 
of Science of Princeton University. Note that for many years after my departure, 
no one was made full professor of French in Sheffield, and then, a Yale man became 



incumbent (and there had never been a full professor of French in Sheffield 
before that). 

That is, I left Yale in June 1897 and came to Princeton then. Princeton had 
peculiar complications for me. Nothing has better proved my perspicacity than that 
I then defined these and was assured that a new spirit prevailed and the "old things 
had passed away". I lean back unctiously with the superior knowledge made good 
by events, and say: Who was the fool? Not I. And yet I was: to have faith, and 
to waive a judgment born of experience and of insight. At the end of three years, 
I was transferred to the Academic Department from the School of Science, and my 
courses being thrown open to the University, the first time academic courses were 
thus made university ones, in French, things seemed very propitious. They grew 
more so, pedagogically speaking. They grew too much so. Again, as at Yale, the 
Princeton Student was fine. And now, I close this subject. In 190S, thrown out of 
Princeton, I was out. And these six years have been another story, in which many 
vicissitudes and adversities have been mine, but in which I would not change — I respect 
myself too much, which is no fatuous remark — with the men who have done wrong, 
and have then lied to cover it. 

My wife was Miss Anne Wood Finley, of London, Ohio. Some day, the Class 
will saunter into the old museum, now the Faculty room in Nassau Hall. They 
will see the worst of the presidential paintings, that of the fifth President of Prince- 
ton, President Finley, 1761-1765. And if they note, in spite of poor paint and art, 
the eyes, the hair, the contour, and the complexion of President Finley, they will find 
striking reproductions of these in Mrs. Cameron. The atavism is not only physical, 
but moral as well. And by her Presbyterian and preaching ancestry and my own, I 
can quote Scripture. In this case and her case, I quote as my own : Proverbs XXXI, 
10-31. 

We were married on June 21, 1899, in the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 
Maryland. And, by-the-way, there were no cards, which explains why '86 did not get 
any. I was married the way I always wished to be, quietly. And, also, there were 
no presents, another pet theory of mine. To give them, yes ; to receive them, no. 
This gave every blooming idiot, male and female, including those who, at heart, were 
glad of the theory, a chance to deblaterate upon the various kinds of crank I was. 
Some people who "got back" their presents, especially sent against injunctions not 
to send, felt — Well, I forgive them. 

Children. Sweetest and best ever, nine. I wish that I had forty-four. These 
particular ones have brains and breeding. I hope character will continue to appear 
as well. Up to date (all of them born in Princeton) : Constance Guyot Cameron, 
born October 20, 1900; Arnold Guyot Cameron, II, born June 3, 1902; David-Pierre 
Guyot Cameron, born April ist, 1904 (so were Bismarck and James McCosh, on April 
ist) ; Nicholas Guyot Cameron, born November 6th, 1905 ; Stephanie Guyot Cameron, 
born February 3rd, 1908, died February 6th, 1908; Gerard Guyot Cameron, born Febru- 
ary 26th, 1909. And, before this is printed, I hope to send in the new name. The 
names are family ones : Constance, ofter her great-greatgrandmother, her greatgrand- 
mother, my sister, etc. ; Guyot, after Arnold Guyot ; Pierre, after his great-greatgrand- 
father, Dr. Guyot's father (the David is thus not for David Milton) ; and so on. 

As to schools for these children, that is not yet decided. As to College: "Votes 
for Women?". Yes (again, cf. Prov. xxxi.). The education, yes. But some features 
might be improved and will be. As to the boys, they will go to Yale 

Anything more about myself? Surely, I've said enough and apologize thereat. 
As to '86, it speaks for itself. The Class has done well these fast-going years. I'm 
sorry to spoil the record. As to Princeton (save my native town which still with many 
kindly people of all types, holds out to me a pleasant face and cordial clasp), as to 
Princeton institutional, my interest is merely academic. But as to '86, my interest is 
personal and, therefore, powerful. I have felt for many years that '86 did not have 
proper representation in proportion to its merits, in the the affairs of Princeton insti- 
tutional. Recent years have changed that much. And the almost certainty of '86 
men being added to the powers that be, in various phases of Princeton life, gives 





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promise of a larger per cent of influence for the brains and the reputation of the 
Class. In addition to this (Erdman, Evans, Farrand, Harris, T., Harris, W., Howe, 
McCIellan, MacLaren, Paton, — all prominent in actual Princeton affairs), I have felt 
that one man, and when I say, one, I mean no invidious distinctions, — should have a 
place of honor in Princeton. I mean Rodman Wananiaker. His executive ability, 
his mastery of many affairs, his liberality, his public spirit, his character, mark him in 
America as in Europe, as a power. Princeton, always slow to recognize its sons out- 
side a small favored circle, should recognize this particular instance. He would un- 
doubtedly bring into Princeton affairs breadth of view, the crying need of Princeton 
educationally and personally. There are other men who should find place in other 
phases of Princeton work. But, recalling that I have no vote, I need not suggest 
other phases in re '86 and Princeton. And now let '86 line up and let me see them : 
Men, Women, Children, Dolls, Teddies, and the Whole. 

JAMES COCHRAN CARTER. 

"Jim" was born on June 4, 1864, in the cla.ssy village of Pluckemin, N. J., 
a son of Thomas Carter and Mary Cochran. He prepared for college at Ever- 
son's Collegiate School, New York, and entered Princeton in '82. "Jim" was 
quite soine baseball catcher in his day, and he was one of the few men who could 
hold down the redoubtable and catapultistic "Bick". 

After graduation "Jim" was with the Greenwich Bank, New York, for five 
or six years, and later with the Monroe Bank for a couple of years. Previous to 
this he was in the real estate and iron business. About five years ago he 
returned to his first love, and he is now receiving teller of the Greenwich Bank, 
102 Hudson St., New York. 

"Jim" was married to Miss Carrie W. Crane at Boonton, N. J., his home, 
on Oct. 8, 1889. He has two children, a girl and a boy: Miriam Cochran Carter, 
born Jan. 16, 1891 and Thomas Donald Carter, born Jan. 2^, 1893. Miss Carter 
is now a junior in Mt. Holyoke College, and "Jim" says his boy will "go to 
Princeton, of course, if anywhere". 

"Jim" writes : 

During all these years I have moved along the €ven tenor of my way, so even, 
in fact, that there is not much in it of special interest. I do not have much time for 
anything outside of my bank work. In fact, I would give a good deal to be able 
to meet with the fellows once in a while, or to get to a Yale game now and then. 
I have not seen a football game since Poe kicked his goal. 

I have been a member of the Board of Directors of the Boonton National 
Bank, and of the Boonton Building Association. In politics, I served for two terms 
on the County Board of Chosen Freeholders. I have been a member of the Board 
of Education for nearly eight years, serving as president for one year. And let 
me say in passing that our school has sent a number of good boys to Princeton, 
several of whom are there now. 

SAMUEL THOMAS CARTER, JR. 

"Sam" was born Aug. 28, 1866, a son of the Rev. Dr. Samuel T. Carter and 
Alamha Pratt Carter. He was educated at the High School of Huntington, 
L. I., where his father was pastor of a Presbyterian Church, entered Princeton 
in '82 and was graduated in '86, with the degree of A.B. 

He studied law at Columbia University and received the degree of LL.B. ; 
also that of A.M. at Princeton. He was connected with the well known law 
firm of Lord, Day & Lord from '88 to '92. He then started in for himself until 



i894, when he went into partnership with Edward H. Fallows, Amherst '86, 
under the firm name of Carter & Fallows. He is now in partnership with Wil- 
liam S. Haskell, Yale '92. "Sam" has written a book on "The Inheritance Tax 
Laws of the State of New York". He has had two tramping trips in Switzer- 
land and has been counsel or associate counsel for one or two legislative com- 
mittees. He is a member of the Bar Association, Princeton Club, Richmond 
Hill Golf Club, Underwriters' Club and Morristown Field Club. 

He was married Oct. 21, 1897 at Morristown, N. J., to Miss Anna Wash- 
burn Burnham and has three children: Gladys B. Carter, born Oct. 6, 1898; 
Burnham Carter, born March 21. 1901 and Samuel T. Carter, 3rd, born Oct. 6, 
1904. Gladys goes to the Veltin School, Burnham to the Collegiate School, and 
Samuel to the Barnard School of Fine Arts. 
"Sam" writes: 

My chief interest in recent years, outside of home and office, has been in the 
work of the Berkshire Industrial Farm, an institution for the reclaiming of delinquent 
boys. As vice-president of its Board of Directors and chairman of its committee on 
the admission of boys I have given considerable time to the work of the institution, 
and in speaking for it, and the boy problem has become a very real as well as a 
very interesting one. My other outside interests are as Vice-President of the Ameri- 
can Christian Hospital at Cesarea, President of the Stuyvesant Mortgage Company, 
Secretary of the Underwriters Club, one of the directors of Union Settlement, and 
President of the Musurgia Society. 

I have tried to keep up a little with music, and, during the last few winters, 
every Tuesday niglit, some thirty or thirty-five men have met at our house in the 
city to sing together, and it has been a most enjoyable experience. I am a strong 
believer in "out of doors," and each Fall spend some time in the Maine woods with 
two or three other Princeton men. 

JOHN WATSON GARY. 

Gary was born on Nov. 11, 1862, in Milwaukee, Wis., son of John Watson 
Gary and Isabella Brinkerhoiif. A brother, Melbert B. Gary, is in the Glass of '72. 
He went to Markham's Academy, Milwaukee, and to the University of Wisconsin 
at Madison, Wis., entering Princeton as a junior in '84, and graduating with 
the degree of A.B. 

From '86 to '87 he traveled in Europe and from 1888 to 1898, he was secre- 
tary of A. H. Andrews & Co., New York, dealers in bank and office furniture. 
From 1899 to 1903, he ran the Andrews School Furnishing Co., dealers in school 
supplies. From 1904 to 1908, he was an agent of the Equitable Life Assurance 
Society and from 1909 to date he has been a copy writer for J. Walter Thomp- 
son Co., general advertising agents for newspapers and magazines — laying out 
advertising campaigns, and writing and designing advertisements. 

Gary was married at Chicago, Oct. 2, 1889, to Miss Mae Alice Stone and 
has one daughter, Margaret Stone, born Jan. 5, 1894, who will finish her course 
at the Brearley School this year and then go to Smith College. 

Gary has been an active member of the Seventh Regiment since 1887. 

JOSEPH H. CASHMAN. 

"Cash" was bom in Watertown, Mass., March 31, 1863, son of Daniel Cash- 
man and Hannah Barrett. He was prepared for Princeton at Philips Andover 
and was graduated in '86 with the degree of B.S. 



From '86 to '92 he was in the business department of The Boston Globe; 
from '92 to 1903 he was with The Chicago Tribune, part of this time represent- 
ing the same paper in New York in its advertising department; from 1903 to 
1905, he was advertising manager of The Philadelphia Record, and in 1905 he 
became connected with The Wall Street Journal, of which he is now business 
manager. This is the recognized financial daily paper of the country. "Cash" 
is secretary and director of Dow, Jones & Co., publishers of The Journal, and is 
vice-president of Doremus & Co., advertising agents. 

"Joe" was married on June 17, 1903 to Miss Katherine Blatter, daughter of 
the late Charles Blatter, a well-known Philadelphia manufacturer, and has one 
daughter, Elizabeth, born March i, 1910. 

JOHN REIFF CASSEL. 

"Pop" was born at Cedars, Montgomery Covmty, Pa., on Nov. 24, 1856, a 
son of Daniel Cassel & Mary Reiff. He went to North Wales Academy, Frank- 
lin & Marshall Preparatory School, and Franklin & Marshall College, entering 
Princeton in Sept. '84, graduating in '86 with the degree of A.B., receiving that 
of A.M. subsequently. 

On leaving college, "Pop" entered the Law School of the University of 
Pennsylvania and was graduated in June '88 with the degree of LL.B. Since 
then he has been practicing law and lecturing on Commercial Law at the Peirce 
School of Business in Philadelphia, June 1889 to 1905. He is a member of the 
American Academy of Political Social Science, Young Republicans of Phila- 
delphia, Law Academy and Law Association. He says he is unmarried; ergo, 
no children. 

J. H. CASTERLINE. 

Casterline entered Princeton in Sept. '82 and left in January '83. Since 
that time the Secretary has had no information concerning him, although it was 
stated that he was principal of a public school at Irvington, N. J. 

JOHN TYLER CHARLTON. 

Charlton was born at Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 29, i860, son of Mathew 
Charlton and Grace Malcolmson. He was prepared for college at Louisville High 
School, entered Princeton in Sept. '85 and was graduated with the degree of 
A.B. in '86. 

He studied for the ministry and was graduated from the McCormick Theo- 
logical Seminary, Chicago, in 1889, and has had pastorates at Ida Grove, Iowa, 
Omro, Wis., Seymour and Noblesville, Ind., and he is now pastor of the First 
Presbyterian Church at Sidney, O. 

He was married on June 18, 1902 to Miss Bertha Brown, of Madison, Wis., 
and has two children: Malcolm Charlton, born June 8, 1905 and Louise Charl- 
ton, bom June 11, 1910. The boy, of course, is bound for Princeton. 

CHARLES HOWARD CHETWOOD. 

Chetwood was born in Elizabeth, N. J., Oct. 1866, son of Bradbury Chand- 
ler Chetwood and Eleanor Keyes Chetwood. He prepared for Princeton in 

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private schools in New York, entered Princeton in Sept. '82 and left at the end 
of '83, for the purpose of studying medicine. 

Chetwood has the distinction of being the first M.D. in the class. He was 
graduated in 1887, fourth in a class of 125, from Bellevue Medical School, New 
York. He served eighteen months on the surgical staff of Bellevue Hospital and 
remained there until '89. He was appointed a clinical assistant in the department 
of surgery of the New York Polyclinic College and Hospital in 1893, and 
instructor in surgery in 1895, lecturer in surgery in '96, adjunct professor in 97, 
and full professor in '98. 

Chetwood began practice as the assistant of Dr. Edward L. Keyes, of New 
York, and has been his associate and partner. He is a special visiting surgeon 
to Bellevue Hospital, special consulting surgeon to St. John's Hospital since 
1903, and from 1903 to 1909 he has been secretary of the faculty of Polyclinic 
Medical Society. In Jan. 191 1 he was appointed special consulting surgeon of 
J. Hood Wright Hospital. 

Chetwood stands very high in his profession, and as a specialist in genito- 
urinary surgery is regarded as one of the leaders in New York. "Chet" is the 
author of several text books, and many articles pertaining to the special branch 
of surgery in which he is an expert, 

He was married in New York in June 1892 to Miss Jeanette Campbell 
Mecke, and has no children. He belongs to the Princeton and Century Clubs of 
New York, the Rockaway Hunt Club and is vice-president of the Metropolitan 
Opera Club. 



LOWRIE CHILDS. 

"Kid" was born in Omaha, Neb., May 10, 1865, son of Charles Childs and 
Catherine J. McCaslin. He was prepared for college at Greylock Institute, South 
Williamstown, Mass., entered Princeton in Sept. '82, and much to our regret, left 
college in January '84 to go into cattle raising out West. The lure of Prince- 
ton was still upon him, however, and he returned to the old burg later, and was 
graduated an A.B. with the Class of '91. He has the distinction of being the 
father of the CLASS BOY of '91. 

From Dec. '91 to Sept. '94 "Kid" was in the real estate business in Pitts- 
burg. Since then he has been a live stock commission agent and real estate man 
in South Omaha. 

He was married June 6, 1892 to Miss Hortense E. Ferguson, of Hudson, 
N. Y., and has one child : Charles Everard Childs, born June 6, 1892, the CLASS 
BOY of '91. Charles will probably go to Cornell next year. As "Kid" says: 
"I don't care much for Cornell, but the engineering course is good". 

JAMES WOODWARD CLARK. 

"Wood" was born Jan. 7, 1866, at Indiana, Pa., son of Silas M. Clark (who 
was a judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania) and Clara E. Clark. He 
prepared at the State Normal School at Indiana, entered Princeton in Sept. '83, 
and was graduated A.B. in '86, receiving the degree of A. M. later. While in 
college he sang on the Glee Club. His brother, Steele Clark, was in '85. 

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From '86 to '88 he was professor of Latin at the Indiana Normal School. 
Then he took up the study of law, was admitted to the bar and ever since has 
practiced his profession. He has been a member of the local board of school 
trustees, twice chairman of the Democratic County Committee, a dozen times a 
delegate to the Democratic State Convention, twice a Democratic candidate for 
District Attorney, and a candidate for State Senator in '96. "Wood's" great 
difficulty, like that of Francis Fisher Kane, is that he is one of the few living 
Democrats in Pennsylvania, or that he is picked to run at the wrong time. For 
years, like F. F., he has stood high in the councils of his party. On Aug. 5, 1909, 
he was nominated for Auditor General by the State Convention at Harrisburg, 
but later when the honible details were disclosed at the polls there was "nothing 
doing." 

"Wood" writes : "I have been employed by several corporations of my native 
county, and have figured, more or less, in politics, but being a Democrat in Penn- 
sylvania resembles too much a Republican in Texas. However, as a candidate, 
I have carried districts never before included in the minority column". 

"Wood" comes back for all reunions, accompanied by his voice, which 
always gives us so much pleasure and enjoyment. He belongs to the University 
Club and the Alumni Association of Pittsburg, and has been president of the 
Cosmopolitan Club of Indiana. 

HERBERT HUGH CLAXTON. 

Claxton was born in Cambridge, England, on Sept. 9, 1858, and entered 
college in 1882, graduating with the degree of C.E. He has followed that pro- 
fession ever since. From '86 to '88 he was rodman and instrument man with 
the Pennsylvania Railroad ; in '88-'89 engaged in dock building for the Man- 
hattan Elevated Railway ; '89-'90, construction work for the New York Central 
and the Jamaica (West Indies) Railway; from '90 to '92, with the Phoenix 
& Pottsville Bridge Co., and the Johnson Street Railway Company; from '92 to 
'98, with New York City as computer and draughtsman ; from 1898 up to the 
present time he has been in the employ of the City of New York, as assistant 
engineer in the Department of Public Works, Borough of the Bronx. 

Herbert belongs to the Princeton Club and the Oratorio Society of New 
York and is still a bachelor. He turns up for all reunions of '86. 



HORACE NEWTON CONGAR, JR. 

No one has been more sincerely missed from recent reunions and no one 
will be more generally missed from our Twenty-fifth Anniversary than "Shag". 
The place he left is empty ; it can never be filled, but a great deal of the joy and tlie 
life of '86 has departed with the untimely death of one who had so thoroughly 
enmeshed himself in the hearts of every '86 man. 

"Shag" entered Princeton from Columbia, and at once became a factor, and 
a prominent one, in the life and activities of '86. His unfailing humor and 
geniality endeared him to every one, and where "Shag" was, there, indeed, was 
"The head of the table". No '86 man will ever forget his "gambols on the green", 
his joyous presence and his positive genius for fun and enjoyment. 

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After graduation he became connected with The Newark Sunday Call, 
where his ready wit and clever skill with the pen found abundant outlet and 
employment. He also contributed characteristic articles to The New York Sun, 
and there are few men in '86 whose lives were not made brighter and sunnier 
by some unexpected and radiantly brilliant communication from the "Shagbird" 
apropos of something or of nothing. Later he went to Washington as the Sec- 
retary of Congressman Lehlbach, of Newark, and on the expiration of Lehl- 
bach's term, he became Secretary to the Mayor of Newark. 

At all reunions of '86, and indeed at all gatherings of Princeton men, "Shag" 
was the bright and shining star. After our Decennial, however, his health began 
to fail and from that time until his death, he steadily declined in health and vigor, 
never losing, however, any traces of the buoyant and enthusiastic temperament 
so characteristic of him. He was obliged to give up active work, and was con- 
fined to his home. In the Spring of 1898 it was found that he was suffering 
from Bright's disease, and on April 21, 1898, he died at his home, surrounded 
by his family. The funeral was held on April 23, with services at his house, 
and interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark. 

"Shag" was a son of the late Horace N. Congar, at one time U. S. Consul 
at Hong Kong, China, where Horace was born Oct. 8, 1864. 



DAVID EDGAR CROZIER. 

Crozier was born January 20, 1863, at Olney, III., son of John Crozier and 
Harriet N. Williamson Crozier. He attended Evanston High School and Lake 
Forest Academy, entering Princeton in Sept. '84 and graduating in '86 with the 
degree of A.B. While in college he was the accompanist of the Glee Club. 

After graduation, from Sept. '86 to June '89, Crozier taught in York Col- 
legiate Institute, York, Pa., and helped to send several boys to Princeton ; from 
Sept. '89 to Nov. '98, he was organist of Market Square Presbyterian Church, 
Harrisburg, Pa., and teacher of piano and organ. From Nov. 1898 to Sept. 
1901, he was organist of Holland Memorial Church, Philadelphia, and from 
Sept. I, 1901 to Jan. i, 1902, he was organist of "Cully" Erdman's Church in 
Germantown, Pa.; from Jan. i, 1902, to Nov. 25, 1907, he served in the same 
capacity at Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, and since then at Cal- 
vary Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. 

Crozier belongs to the Musical Club, the Manuscript Society, of which he 
is a director, and the Melody Club of Philadelphia, and in addition to his duties 
as church organist teaches the piano and organ, and is conductor of the German- 
town Choral Society. He is also a member of the American Organ Players' Club. 

In 1895, after touring England, France, Holland and Belgium, he studied 
the organ and musical theory under Guilmant, the distinguished French musi- 
cian and organist. 

He was married on December 17, 1907, at Germantown to Miss Margaret 
Hall Garret, but he has, as he writes, "with regret", no children. 

GEORGE HENRY DAVIS. 

The "Judge" was born in Peoria, 111., on Nov. 10, 1864, son of William H. 

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Davis and Elizabeth J. Gosling. He prepared at the High School there, entered 
Princeton in '82 and to the regret of everyone in the class, left in November '83. 

He took up architectural draughting as his profession, but in '89 he was in 
poor health and went to Arizona and then to Pasadena, Cal., with his mother 
and brother. He has traveled a great deal in California, Mexico, Florida and 
Europe for his pleasure and health, and in recent years he has not been prac- 
ticing his profession. 

The "Judge" has never lost his interest in and devotion for '86, and gets to 
reunions whenever he can. 

He was married on February 4, 1903, at Berkeley, Cal, to Miss Julia Cul- 
lom, a niece of U. S. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, and has two little "Judges" : 
George Cullom Davis, born Jan. 13, 1905, and Shelby Cullom Davis, born April 
I, 1909. 

The "Judge" says that Mrs. "Judge" and he are coming on for "Old Home 
Week" and will stay all the way through as they did at our twenty year reunion, 
while the little "Judges" will receive reports by wireless. 

CHARLES M. BE CAMP. 

"Reddy" DeCamp came to Princeton from Emporia, Kansas. Entering the 
Class of '83 and dropping into '86 he was graduated with '86. While in college 
he played on the 'Varsity football team for two years, and was captain of the 
team that beat Yale in '85. 

He studied law in Kansas City, but the Secretary has no means of knowing 
whether he was admitted to the bar. He has been East several times, engaged in 
mining and other enterprises. He has not communicated with the Secretary for 
twenty years, although he has been "in touch" with him and several other class- 
mates. Woodrow writes that "Reddy" lives in Denver, but there is no definite in- 
formation as to whom or what he is doing. 



JOHN H. DENNY. 

"Jack" Denny came to Princeton from Baltimore in September '82 and left 
the class in October '83, graduating with the Class of '87. He was for some time 
in business in New York and Baltimore, and when the war with Spain broke 
out, he enlisted as a private with the 43rd U. S. Infantry and went to the Philip- 
pines. On January 11, 1900, while he was going to Dao as guard for a lot of 
ammunition he was shot from ambush by the insurgents. Of his death, a com- 
panion wrote as follows to his father, Col. Denny : 

Denny showed great nerve and courage, and tried to keep on shooting after 
he had been struck with a bullet, which had passed through his spine, paralyzing him 
from the hip down. He nev€r uttered a groan, or showed any sign of pain. He 
lived an hour after he was hit. He knew, however, that he was past human aid, and 
he passed off as quietly as though he was going to sleep. We buried him with 
military honors in the cemetery at Dao, his Captain officiating, with the entire com- 
pany as escort. 



WILLIAM SILLIMAN DODD. 

Dodd was born in Bloomfield, N. J., Feb. 2^, 1865, son of Amzi Dodd and 

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Jane Frame. His father is a graduate of the Class of '41, which he led. He 
was at one time a Vice Chancellor of New Jersey, and president of the Mutual 
Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J. His mother died in Feb. 191 1. 
Dodd prepared for college at the Newark Academy. He entered the Class of '86 
at Williams College, left there at the end of freshman year, entered Princeton 
in the fall of '83 and remained with '86 for two years, when he dropped into '87, 
with which class he was graduated. 

He taught from 1887 to 1889, studied law at Columbia from '89 to '91, was 
a general practitioner from '91 to '95, and from 1895 to 1907 he was attorney 
and associate counsel of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. From 1907 to 
date he has been connected with the Hampton Institute at Hampton, Va., of 
which his brother-in-law is president. Of this work he says : 

My present work, undertaken at the request of the Board of Trustees of the 
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va., is wide in extent, 
important in its bearing, and absorbing in its interest. I am investigating and 
advising colored business concerns throughout the entire Southland, and particularly 
insurance organizations of which there are 200 duly incorporated and reporting 
to the various Insurance Departments. I meet many graduates of colleges both 
of this and other countries, though I have not recently had the good fortune to 
meet any of the members of '86. My affection of my Alma Mater and my interest 
in the members of the best class she ever sent forth increases as time goes on. 

Dodd's connection with Princeton is a very close and interesting one, as the 
following account from him will show : 

I have never felt justified in claiming full membership in any particular class, 
though my affection and interest are entirely centered in '86. The connection of 
my family with Princeton extends over a period of a hundred years. My grand- 
father. Dr. Joseph S. Dodd, and his brother, Amzi, graduated together in the class 
of 1813; my father led the class of 1841 and my uncle, Stephen G. Dodd, that of 
1846. I entered the class of '86 at Williams and left there at the end of Freshman 
year. I became a member of '86 at Princeton in its sophomore year and continued 
with it for two years. I then was absent for a year, finally graduating with '87. In 
two particulars, my case, I think, is most exceptional. First, because of the long 
connection of my family with my Alma Mater, and secondly, because of my varied 
collegiate career. I am, as you see, a sort of collegiate hybrid, and as such I am 
not strictly entitled to the privilege of being regarded as a member of the class of 
i886 as much as I would like to be. 

The class is only too glad to have Dodd on its membership roll. Once an 
Eighty-six man, always an Eighty-six man. 

Dodd was married on July 19, 1893 to Miss Mary Johnson of Oswego, New 
York. He has no children. 



THOMAS J. DOLAN. 

"ToiTimy" is a son of Thomas Dolan, one of the leading citizens of Phila- 
delphia. He was born in 1865, went to school at St. Paul's, entered Princeton in 
September '82 and left September '83. "Tommy" has sent no report for the 
Record. The secretary sees him occasionally, however. He is not in business, 
and hasn't been since he left Princeton. He is deeply interested in the National 
Guard. He is married to Miss Isabel W. Hoffman, and has one son, Thomas 
Dolan 3d. 



ANTHONY WOODWARD DURELL. 

Durell was born at Crosswicks, N. J., March 8, 1865, son of Edward Hicks 
Durell and Hannah A. Woodward. He had two brothers who went to Prince- 
ton, Fletcher '79, and the late William (or "Flip") '89 who will be remembered 
as a remarkably fine baseball player. Durell went to Pennington Seminary, 
entered Princeton in '82, and was graduated A.B. in '86. 

Since leaving college Durell has been employed in the United States Cus- 
toms service and he is now Deputy Collector of Customs, at Philadelphia. He 
writes : 

My years in Governmental service have been pleasantly spent, but with no great 
remunerative return. In addition to my regular official duties, I have been a member 
and secretary of our Board of Civil Service Examiners, appointed on departmental 
commission for special work, and have assisted in compiling work on the various 
tariff acts as enacted. My athletic diversion is golf, but I am and ever shall be, I am 
convinced, a "dub." I happen to be at the present time President of the Woodbury 
(N. J.) Country Club. 

Durell was married on March 12, 1892 to Miss Alfaretta Kemper French, 
who died in February 1896. On April 22, 1900, he was married to Miss Olga 
Francis Burchard at Philadelphia and has had three children: Anthony W. jr., 
born Nov. 28, 1895 ; Dudley Burchard, born April 30, 1901 and Lilian, born Oct. 
I, 1908. Dudley died in 1901. Anthony is now at Penn Charter School in Phila- 
delphia, and will enter Princeton in 1913. 



GEORGE TRYON EDDY. 

Eddy was born in Belvidere, 111., Nov. 22, 1863, son of David Rowe Eddy 
and Sarah Tryon Eddy. He prepared for college at the New York State Normal 
School at Brockport, N. Y., entered Princeton in '82, was graduated an A. B., 
and subsequently received the degree of A.M. 

He taught in Sedgwick Institute, Great Barrington, Mass., from Sept. '86 
to June '87, studied at the Seminary from Sept. '87 to March '91, where he held 
the Greek fellowship. He won the New Testament fellowship there and 
remained at Princeton an extra year. In March '91 he accepted a call to the 
Presbyterian Church at Beverly, N. J., and subsequently filled pastorates as fol- 
lows : March '95 to March '97 at the Washington and Compton Avenue Church, 
St. Louis, Mo.; March '97 to Jan. '02 at Boonville, Mo.; Jan. '02 to April '10 at 
Huntingdon, L. I., where "Sam" Carter's father was at one time pastor. 

Later he became associated with the New York Public Library (central 
branch, Astor Library) as reviser of cataloguing. After May 191 1 he will be 
located in the beautiful new Library at 42d St. & Fifth Avenue. He still, how- 
ever, does considerable preaching. 

Eddy was married June 4, 1890 to Miss Rose Gabriel of Cleveland, O., and 
has had three children: Alfred Gabriel, born June 10, 1891 ; Priscilla Alden 
and Eunice Catharine, TWINS, born Dec. 29, 1895. Eunice died on March 
14, 1897. Alfred is in business, having finished his preparatory course. He 
hopes to enter some technical school. The daughter is still in the High School. 



BERTRIC EGBERT. 

"Eggy" was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 5, 1865, son of Dr. 
Albert G. Egbert and Eliza Phipps Egbert. Dr. Egbert was a well known oil 
operator, and at one time represented the Franklin, Pa., district in Congress. 
His brothers all attended Princeton : Seneca '84, Albert ex-'93, Richard '95 ; also 
a cousin, Victor '95. He attended Andover and was in the same class as Tracy 
Harris, "Joe" Cashman and "Vic" Cause. He entered Princeton in '82 and was 
graduated in '86 with the degree of B.S. While he was in college he played on 
the championship lacrosse team. 

After graduation he took a position in the Columbia Gas Co., at FrankHn, 
Pa., and from '88 to '92 he was with the Eclipse Oil Works, of the same place, 
one of the largest branches of the Standard Oil Co. On Jan. i, 1892, he became 
Superintendent of the works, an important and responsible position. Later he 
became connected with the Pure Oil Co., but he is now a constructing engineer 
in oil refinery work, locating, planning, erecting and operating oil properties. 
He has done some pioneer's work in refining low grade and waste animal oils. 

"Eggy" has attended all stated reunions of '86. 

He was married to Clara May Irwin, of Jacksonville, Fla., on April 10, 
1895, and has one daughter, Helen, born Nov. 10, 1899. 



WILLIAM SIMPSON ELDER. 

"Billy" was born in Warsaw, O., Oct. 15, 1858, a son of John G. Elder and 
Jane Moffitt. He was educated at Jefiferson Academy, Cannonsburg, Pa., entered 
Princeton in '82 and was graduated an A.B. in '86. 

After graduation "Billy" became a reporter on The New York Star, of 
which "Brer" Gaines was in charge. He later went on The Commercial Adver- 
tiser, and stayed there till April '87 when he went to Deadwood, Dakota Terri- 
tory, and became editor of The Pioneer, meanwhile studying law in the office of 
ex-Senator Moody. He was admitted to the Bar in Sept. '89, and has since then 
been practicing law, and has been engaged in mining and other enterprises. He 
organized and became president of the Imperial Gold Mining & Milling Co. in 
1899 and organized also the Black Hills Trust & Savings Bank of Deadwood, & 
S. L. Dunham & Co., a real estate and bond organization of which he is presi- 
dent and counsel. 

He has been active in politics and was a member of the City Council of 
Deadwood in 1901. He was the citizens' candidate for Mayor on April 17, 1906, 
and was defeated by 16 votes, after the most stubborn fight ever witnessed in an 
election in that city. "Billy" ran on a "reform and anti-gambling" platform and 
was urged to contest the election, but declined to do so. 

He was married on Sept. 25, 1893 at Chicago, to Miss Maud Eccles, and has 
one son, Duncan Eccles, born Sept. 6, 1898. 

"Billy" shows the proper '86 spirit by coming on from time to time from 
way out in South Dakota to Princeton. 

Three years ago he established The Deadwood Telegram, an evening paper, 
which is now recognized as the leading "progressive" Republican newspaper of 
western South Dakota. 



HENRY CHARLES ELSING. 

"Buck" was born in Holland, Jan. ii, 1863, son of Thaddeus Elsing and 
Anne Elsing. He was prepared for college at Lake Forest Academy, entering 
Princeton in September '82, and graduating with the degree of A.B. in '86, fol- 
lowed in course by that of A.M. A brother, the Rev. William T. Elsing, of New 
York, is in the Class of '79. 

After graduation, "Buck" became a teacher and private tutor, teaching at 
the Princeton Preparatory School and a female seminary at Lakewood, N. ].. 
Miss Farrington's School for Girls. In June '87, he went West to Deadwood to 
join "Billy" Elder in newspaper work, but the scheme fell through, and "Buck" 
trekked it, amid considerable difficulty, to Montana, the Yellowstone, Seattle, 
Tacoma, British Columbia, Portland, Ore., and Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 
where he finally got a place as teacher for officers' children. He remained there 
until the end of June '88 when he came back east and studied medicine at New 
York University, graduating in 1890 as first honor man. Since then he has been 
a physician, practicing at Bellevue, Harlem and North Brother Island Contagious 
Disease Hospitals. After a short time at Hackensack (mercy!) "Buck" settled 
down in Ridgefield Park, Bergen County, N. J., where he has built up a good 
practice. 

"Buck" is a member of the Bergen County Medical Association and the 
American Medical Association. 

He was married on Sept. 10, 1896, at Mecklenburgh, Schuyler Co., N. Y., 
to Miss Lucy Thompson and has two children, daughters : Katherine, born May 
I, 1898, and Margaret, born Nov. 29, 1899. 

CHARLES ROSENBURY ERDMAN. 

"Cully" was born at Fayetteville, N. Y., on July 20, 1866, son of the Rev. 
Dr. William Jacob Erdman and Henrietta J. Rosenbury. He was educated at 
Jamestown Collegiate Institute, Jamestown, N. Y. His brother, the late William 
Erdman, was in '84. He entered Princeton in '82 and was graduated with the 
degree of A.B. 

From '86 to '87 he taught English literature and elocution in Franklin 
School, Germantown, Pa. From '87 to '89 he was at the Seminary and was also 
an instructor at Evelyn College. The years '89 and '90 were passed in travel 
and study abroad. In '90 and '91 he was again at the Seminary, graduating 
therefrom in May '91. On May 8, '91 he was ordained by the Presbytery of 
Philadelphia North and was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Over- 
brook, Pa., a suburb of the Quaker City. He remained there till 1897, when he 
became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Pa., serving 
that church until the spring of 1906, when he was electt 1 to the chair of Practical 
Theology in Princeton Seminary. He still holds that exalted position. 

During his pastorates at Overbrook and Germantown, and since serving as 
a professor at the Seminary, "Cully" for seventeen years has addressed the Sun- 
day afternoon service at the Y. M. C. A. department of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road in Philadelphia on over three hundred different Sundays. He still speaks 
there twice a month during the winter, preaching Sunday morning and evening 
in Philadelphia churches, and on the alternate Sundays in churches in New 



York and elsewhere. He usually speaks at summer Bible conferences at North- 
field, Grove City, Silver Bay, Asheville, etc. 

Since 1906, "Cully" has been a member of the Presbyterian Board of For- 
eign Missions, New York. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly of 
the Presbyterian Church at Buffalo in 1906, and a delegate to the "Federal Coun- 
cil of the Churches of Christ in America" at Philadelphia in 1908. He was a 
delegate to the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh in 1910. In 1907 
and 1910 he supplied the pulpits of Metropolitan Tabernacle, London (Dr. 
Spurgeon's) and Westminster Chapel (G. Campbell Morgan's) and addressed 
the Mildmay and Mundelsley conferences in England in 1907. 

"Cully" published "The Ruling Elder" in 1904, and "Sunday Afternoons 
with Railroad Men" in 1907. He is president of the Alumni Association of 
Princeton Seminary, 1910-1911. 

"Cully" writes: "Speaking of the more important matter of Princeton and 
'86, it will be noted that a remarkably large number of '86 men are now perma- 
nent residents of Princeton — Cameron, Walter Harris, Howe, MacLaren, Paton 
and myself. We all extend a cordial welcome, both on the occasion of "Old 
Home Week" and at all other times to any member of the illustrious and beloved 
Class of '86". 

"Cully" was married on June i, 1892, to Miss Mary Estelle Pardee, of Ger- 
mantown. Pa., and has four children : Calvin Pardee, born Aug. 16, 1893 ; Mary 
Pardee, born March 4, 1895; Charles R., jr., born August 25, 1897, and Alice, 
bom March 24, 1904. Pardee was graduated at Lawrenceville in 1910, and will 
enter Princeton in Sept. 191 1. Mary enters at Dobb's Ferry, N. Y., in Sept. 191 1 
and "Karl" (Charles, jr.,) enters Princeton in Sept. 1914. 

FREDERICK EVANS. 

Was born in Llangynidr, (wow!) Brecknockshire, Wales, England, April 
28, 1865, a son of the Rev. Dr. Frederick Evans and Frances Williams, both of 
Wales. He came to this country when a year and a half old, and has lived with 
his parents at Scranton, Pa., New York City and Franklin, Pa., where his father 
had pastorates, until Sept. '82, when he entered Princeton from the High School 
of Franklin. 

After graduation, he followed newspaper work on The Ledger and The 
Times of Philadelphia, The Tribune of New York and became managing editor 
and finally editor of The Newark (N. J.) Daily Advertiser. He left that paper 
in 1896 to become associated with Garret A. Hobart, Republican candidate for 
Vice President in the McKinley campaign. When Mr. Hobart was inaugurated 
in March, 1897, he appointed the Class Secretary as his Secretary and in this 
pleasant and delightful association, the Class Secretary continued until the Vice 
President's death in November, 1899. He remained at Washington for a few 
months with Senator Frye, president pro tern, of the United States Senate, and 
resigned in Feb. 1900, to become Secretary of the Rapid Transit Subway Con- 
struction Co. and the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. of New York, corpora- 
tions engaged in the building, equipment and operation of the New York Sub- 
way. In May 1903 he resigned to become Secretary of the Public Service Cor- 
poration of New Jersey, with headquarters at Newark, N. J., which owns or 



controls a large percentage of the gas, electric and trolley companies of the State, 
and of which "Tom" McCarter '88 is president. He left that company in 1908, 
and since then has been assistant secretary of the Board of Water Supply of New 
York, which is engaged in the work of constructing a huge water supply system 
for the metropolis, conveying water from the Catskill Mountains to the city. 
From this position he resigned in April, 191 1. 

The Class Secretary lives at the Princeton Club in New York, and is also a 
member of the University Club of New York, Metropolitan Club of Washing- 
ton and Nassau Club of Princeton. He is Chairman of the Committee on Pub- 
licity of the Graduate Council of Princeton University, but his only claim to 
distinction is that he is secretary of the Class of '86. He is still — very still — 
not married. 

FRANK BATEMAN EVERITT. 

Everitt was born March 8, 1866, at Stroudsburg, Pa., son of the late Rev. 
Dr. Benjamin S. Everitt '56 and Helen C. Everitt. He prepared at the James- 
burg Institute, Jamesburg, N. J., entered Princeton in '82 and was gi^aduated in 
'86, with the degree of A.B., receiving the degree of A.M. in '89. 

From Sept. '86 to June '87 he taught classics and music at Jamesburg Insti- 
tute, and from Sept. '87 to May '90, he was a student at the Seminary. From 
June '90 to August '91 he was pastor of a church in Kansas City, Mo. ; from 
Aug. '91 to Feb. 1901 at Trenton, N. J.; from Feb. 1901 to June 1903 he was 
Superintendent of the Young People's Association Work at the Fifth Avenue 
Presbyterian Church, New York. His health broke down in 1903, and he was 
compelled to go to the country and took a pastorate at New Park, Pa., where he 
is now, much improved in health. 

Before graduation from the Seminary, Everitt was for four years State 
Secretary of Christian Endeavor Work in New Jersey. He was a Vice President 
of the State Union for several years. He is also secretary of his class at the 
Seminary. 

He was married on Sept. 11, 1895, at Stockton, N. J., to Miss Sara Helena 
Van Dyke, and has three children: Kenneth Van Dyke, born Oct. 16, 1896; 
Helen Gladys, born May 4, 1903, and James Donald, born Sept. 24, 1906. Ken- 
neth is in Township High School and Helen at the public school. 

Everitt writes : 

My ministry has been a varied one. For thirteen years I was really in city 
mission work. Twelve years of the thirteen were in connection with institutional 
churches, that is, churches on the Y. M. C. A. plan with all manner of clubs and 
organizations, open every day and night. In Trenton, I had the mission chapel of 
the First Presbyterian Church, which grew very rapidly, until in 1899 we organized 
an independent church of 344 members. Its work was very exacting, yet interesting. 
From there, through the Rev. Dr. Purves, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian 
Church, in New York City, I was called to take up the large and promising work of 
their Young People's Association on the East Side at Sixty-third Street and First 
Avenue. This was one of the largest Institutional plants in New York City, costing 
annually over $11,000. It was in the heart of the tenement district and was prospering 
finely, when my health broke and I was compelled to give up city work entirely. 
Since then I have been in this large and influential church in lower York County, Pa. 
Soon after graduating from college, I became prominently connected with the Young 
People's Christian Endeavor movement in New Jersey, and was its first State Secre- 

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tary and Treasurer, which position I held until I left the State in 1890. When I 
returned in 1891, I was again officially recognized, being for several years, a Vice- 
President, then its first Superintendent of Evangelistic Work. In that connection, I 
had the planning of much pioneer and aggressive work and the management of many 
of their State Conventions. 

I am secretary of my Seminary Class and have issued several histories of the 
class and arranged for all the reunions, so that I can sympathize fully with the work 
of our worthy secretary. 

Aside from this, I have nothing of note to record. Mine has been the humble 
path of the Christian Ministry, which I love more and more, and of which I am not 
ashamed. I love to serve my God and my fellow men and the happiest days of my life 
are those when I have done something that helps another soul. 

WILSON FARRAND. 

Wilson was born in Newark, N. J., on Sept. 22, 1862, a son of Samuel Ash- 
bel Farrand and Louise Wilson. Two of his brothers are Dr. Livingston Far- 
rand '88 and Max Farrand '92, professor of history at Yale. Wilson prepared 
for college at Newark Academy, of which for many years his father was head 
master. He entered college in Sept. '82, received the degree of A.B. in '86, A.M. 
in '89 and the honorary degree of A.M. from Columbia University in 1908. 

Wilson's career in college was highly successful. He stood among the first 
few men in the class, was very active in Clio Hall, and won the Lynde debate. 
On leaving Princeton, he became an assistant editor of Scribner's Magazine and 
was associated with that publication from Oct. '86 to March '87, when he became 
a teacher and associate headmaster of his father's school, the Newark Academy, 
one of the foremost "prep" schools of this country. He is now, and has been for 
several years headmaster of the school, and has a high reputation as a leader in 
the work of secondary schools. He has written many papers and delivered many 
addresses on literary and eductional topics. He has edited Carlyle's "Bums" 
and Tennyson's "Princess" and has given a course of lectures on educational 
subjects at Columbia University. In '95-'96 he was president of the School- 
masters' Association of New York, and was chairman of the comrnittee that 
induced Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania and Princeton to hold 
conferences for the purpose of unifying their entrance requirements — an import- 
ant work which has had excellent results. 

As an alumnus, Wilson has been active and influential. He has been presi- 
dent of the Alumni Association of the Oranges and is now (1910) president of 
the affiliated alumni associations of New Jersey. 

Wilson was married at Jamaica Plains, Mass., on November 23, 1889, to 
Miss Margaret Washburn Walker, and has three daughters : Margaret, born Dec. 
3, 1891 ; Katherine, bom April 17, 1893 and Dorothy, born June i, 1897. Mar- 
garet is now a student at Smith College, and the other girls go to school in 
Orange. Wilson says : "After dealing with 300 boys all day it is a relief to have 
only girls at home, but I confess to one pang of regret — I should like to have a 
boy of my own to send to Princeton". (So would the Secretary and lots of 
other '86 men ! ) 

Wilson writes : "My greatest honor has been my election as Alumni Trustee, 
and as I am gradually getting into the swing of the work, it is becoming one of 
the main interests of my life". Wilson was elected an Alumni Trustee in 1909. 
Previously he had been a candidate against Andrew C. Imbrie '95, who was 




I'M \i im; 

PRESIUEXT Ul- THE CLASS 



elected in 1907. In the following year, Wilson resigned in favor of "Billy" 
Mcllvaine '85, of Chicago, and in 1909 he was himself elected. 

In recognition of Farrand's standing as an educator Columbia University 
conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts at Commencement 
in June 1908. On presenting Farrand for the degree Prof. T. S. Fiske said: 

Mr. President: It is particularly fitting that a great university should indi- 
cate its appreciation and approval of those who contribute in an important way 
to the advancement of the cause of sound education. Wilson Farrand, while 
laboring in the field of secondary education, has rendered great services both to 
secondary education and to university education. He has contributed in no 
small degree to the better correlation of school and college, and in a number 
of respects not only has shown a way to bring order out of disorder, but 
also has inspired others to follow along the ways that he has discovered. Among 
his more notable services I will here mention only his work in the systematizing 
of the teaching of English by means of uniform college admission requirements 
in that subject, and his part in helping to perfect the organization of the 
College Entrance Examination Board. While rendering conspicuous service 
as an educational organizer, he has found time also to contribute by his writ- 
ings and lectures to the field of English literature and to develop and watch 
over an admirable preparatory school. 

In conferring the degree President Butler said: 

Wilson Farrand — Experienced student of the problems of secondary edu- 
cation and exerting powerful influence for the improvement of relations between 
schools and colleges, I gladly admit you to the degree of Master of Arts in 
this university. 



MATTHEW CORRY FLEMING. 

Corry was born in Xenia, O., June 24, 1864, a son of Ebenezer C, and 
Rachel Corry Flemming, He "prepped" at the Xenia High School and Wooster 
(O.) University, and after a brilliant career with '86, in which for most of 
the time, he led his class, received the degree of A.B. in '86 and A.M. in '88. 
In the senior elections, Corry was chosen President of the Class, and he has 
occupied this exalted position ever since with loyalty, dignity and success. 

After graduation, Corry entered the Seminary and stayed there until Christ- 
mas when he left to take up the study of law. He attended the Law School at 
Ann Arbor during '87-'88 and finished up at the Cincinnati Law School in '89 
where he had a close finish with his roommate for first honors. He practised 
law in Cincinnati for a year, and came to New York in May '90, where he was 
with Davies, Stone & Auerbach, attorneys for the Manhattan Railroad Co., till 
November '91, when he opened a law office by himself. In July 1892 he 
formed a partnership with Gayley '84, and Baucus '86, under the firm name of 
Gayley, Baucus "& Fleming. Later Baucus dropped out of the firm, which 
finally was dissolved when Corry, in June 1902, became an Assistant Corpora- 
tion Counsel under Corporation Counsel Rives, with especial charge of matters 
relating to the Building and Tenement House Departments. His work in this 
office won high praise from his superiors. 

In the spring of 1904 Corry became a member of the law firm of Dexter, 
Osborn & Fleming, with Stanley W. Dexter, Yale '78, and William C. Osborn, 

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Princeton '83. In 1904 he was chosen by Charles E. Hughes (later Governor 
of New York and now Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court) to be 
his assistant counsel in the hearing held by the Gas Investigating Committee of 
the New York Legislature, in which his services were of the highest value, and 
were so much appreciated by Mr. Hughes that when he began his insurance in- 
vestigation on the fall of 1905, he selected Corry as his assistant. His work 
in this inquiry received the highest commendation on all sides, and brought 
Corry considerable prominence as a painstaking investigator and able lawyer, 
and an absolutely fair inquisitor. 

Since that time Corry has continued the successful practice of law. He 
was mentioned at one time in connection with the office of Superintendent of 
Insurance of New York, but it is understood that Corry declined to allow his 
name to be considered for this office. Corry is at present counsel for W. W. 
Ladd, receiver of the New York Railway Co., in its suit against the Metropoli- 
tan Securities Co. and its directors to recover $2,797,000. alleged to have been 
wrongfully transferred from the Railway Co. to the Securities Co. "Bud" 
Rogers '86 appeared for the defendant in the suit brought in January '10. 

Corry was married on October 11, 1893 to Miss Angeline Wilson, of 
Cincinnati, daughter of ex-Judge Wilson, ex-'64 and a brother of Russell D. 
Wilson, ex-'99. He has had three children: Wilson Fleming, born September 
2, 1895, died February 23, 1898; Matthew Corry Fleming, Jr., born June 8, 
1899; WiUiam Wilson, October 19, 1909. Corry says that young "Matt" is 
bound for Princeton about 1920, and "Bill" in 1930. 

Corry was a member of Squadron A, and served his sentence bravely. He 
is also a member of the Princeton, Down Town and University Clubs and the 
Bar Association of New York, Ardsley Club and the Sons of the Revolution. 
He is also Secretary of the Presbyterian Hospital. 



HENRY HAZLITT FORSYTH, JR. 

"Harry" Forsyth died on July 15, 1897, at his home, 14 Ritchie Court, 
Chicago, after an operation for appendicitis. He had never been entirely 
well, since the distressing accident in our Sophomore year, when he was struck 
on the side of the head by a pitched ball in the baseball game between '85 and 
'86. We can all recall the distressing experiences of that day, and the long 
weeks of anxiety in waiting encouraging news from the bedside. As a result 
of this unfortunate accident, "Harry" was obliged to leave college in December 
'84, and for years after he travelled all over in a vain search for health. The 
shock, however, was too great, and although he greatly improved in health, he 
never was the same strong, healthy, vigorous, athlete that he was in Freshman 
year, when he had the memorable boxing match in the old "Gym" with "Kid" 
Toler, or when he pitched on the Freshman baseball nine and took part in the 
cane spree. 

After some time spent in travel, "Harry" was able to go into business, 
and he engaged with his brother. Holmes, '88, in the manufacture of hardware 
novelties. He was a member of the University Club and other prominent social 
organizations of Chicago. He always kept up an active and sympathetic in- 

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Glthrie 



terest in his class and in Princeton, and frequently returned to Princeton to 
renew the associations so cruelly interrupted. 

"Harry" left two brothers, William Holmes Forsyth '88, and George H. 
Forsyth '94. 



GEORGE IRVINE FOSTER. 

Foster was born at Albany, Oregon, on March 31, 1863, son of James 
Hearst Foster and Martha Jane Gray. He prepared for College at Albany, 
entered Princeton in '82 and left in November '83 on account of ill health 
which he never regained. For a time he was Deputy County Clerk at Albany. 
He died in May 1887 in Eugene, Oregon, and was buried at Albany, Oregon. 



JOSEPH HOLT GAINES. 

"Brother" was born in Washington, D. C, September 3, 1864, son of Major 
Theophilus Gaines and Ariadne Stockton. He "prepped" at West Virginia Uni- 
versity, entered Princeton in January of freshman year, and graduated an A.B. 

He became connected with The New York Star, but didn't hang on long. 
Then he studied law and was admitted to the bar of West Virginia in the Fall 
of 1887, entering into practice with J. W. St. Clair, of Fayetteville, a leading 
lawyer of the State. Later he moved to Charleston and from May 1897 to 
March 4, 1901, he was U. S. District Attorney for West Virginia. From 
March 4, 1901, to March 4, 191 1, he was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives from the Third, or Charleston, District, and served with ability and dis- 
tinction until March 4, 191 1, when he was beaten in an overwhelmingly Republi- 
can district. "Brother" is now practising law in Charleston, and some of these 
fine days he will be gracing the Upper House as Senator Gaines. 

"Brother" belongs to the Metropolitan, Chevy Chase and Alibi Clubs of 
Washington, and the Princeton Club of New York. 

He was married November 23, 1898, to Miss Marjorie Lewis Gentry, of 
Charleston, W. Va., and has these children: Joseph H., Jr., born November 11, 
1900; Theophilus Stockton, born February 3, 1902; Richard Kenna, born July 
31, 1903; Marjorie Lewis, born March 21, 1905; Ann Blair, born March 26, 
1908, and Hallie Van Bibber, born May 13, 1909. The boys, of course, will go 
to Princeton. 

An Attack and a Reply 

A defence of "Brother Gaines" by the Class Secretary 
On February 22, 191 1, The New York Tribune's Washington correspondence 
contained the following attack on "Brother" Gaines, under the caption "Gaines 
Fiasco" : 

The Ways and Means Committee, in executive session, pat the quietus on the silly 
measure of Representative Gaines, of West Virginia, to-day. Actuated apparently by the 
same desire as Mr. Bennet, of New York, either to gain a modicum of free advertising or 
to execute a somewhat bungling ilank movement against Canadian reciprocity, Mr. Gaines 

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introduced a bill providing for absolute free trade between this country and Canada, and 
a tariff wall between those countries and all others for a period of twenty years, and 
appropriating $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of the measure. The Ways and 
Means Committee, on the insistence of Mr. Gaines, met to-day to consider the bill, but 
on examination decided that it was too silly to occupy their time and an adjournment was 
promptly taken. 

The attack was so manifestly unfair and unjust that the Class Secretary felt 
impelled to send the following protest to The Tribune which was printed in its 
issue of February 24 : 

New York City, February 23, 191 1. 
To the Editor of The Tribune: 

Sir: — The Washington correspondent of your paper, in its issue of February 
23, does a great injustice to a faithful and honorable member of the House of 
Representatives in its attack upon the Hon. Joseph H. Gaines, M.C., from the 
Charleston, W. Va. district. Mr. Gaines is a distinguished member of the House, and 
his record and career are such as to defend him from the imputation of the 
sneering allusion of your correspondent. His record as a Republican and as a 
faithful representative of his district cannot be impugned or belittled. He is a 
leader of the bar of his State. He was appointed U. S. District Attorney of West 
Virginia by President McKinley. He has served five terms in the lower house, 
and in recent years he has been an able and efficient member of the most important 
committee of the House — that of Ways and Means. To characterize any legisla- 
tive action of his as "silly" is absurd, and any member of the House, Democrat 
or Republican, will testify amply to that. That his views differ from those of 
others affords no justification for the employment of absurd epithets, for his 
sincerity, his honesty and his ability cannot be questioned. What he says or does 
arises from a profound conviction of honesty and right. It is unfair for a great 
paper to employ unjustifiable epithets to a man whose career, political and personal, 
cannot in fairness be assailed. Leave such unseemly work as that to the yellow 
and jaundiced press. 

Yours truly, 

Frederick Evans. 

A Wit From West Virginia. 
A Study of "Brother" Gaines as a Congressman. 

From the Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 22, 1910. 

You all remember the gifted gentleman who stood up one day and put forth the 
sophistical sentiment that if only he were allowed to make the songs of a nation he 
wouldn't give a dern who made the laws for said agglomeration of people. This explains 
why, when they were framing that tariff bill that seems to have deposited the Republican 
party on the rough and jagged rocks, Joseph Holt Gaines, of West Virginia, rising, said: 
"I care not who makes the rest of this tariff law, but, by heck, I intend to make it for 
West Virginia, which is where I hail from, if it should interest you. Who touches a 
schedule in yon West Virginia list gets a maul in the mastoid. March on !" he said. And 
they marched on, marched on and on; but Joseph Holt Gaines kept step and guard, and 
when that tariff bill came out of the hopper West Virginia was protected by a collection 
of Chinese walls to a finished fare-you-well. 

You see, Joseph Holt is a member of the Ways and M^eans Committee, where the 
Republican majority perpetrated outrages on the Democratic minority day after day when 
the bill was being made. Now this Joseph Holt Gaines person is a tall and lathy citizen 
who runs up a few inches over six feet and carries all the ordnance of his class, with a 
superimposed turret here and there. He has been in Congress for five terms and is 
nominated in the primaries to succeed himself. During those ten years he has come to be 
a hefty person in the councils of the House, and before he got there and since he has 
been there he has been one of those Republicans who think there ought to be separate cars 

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for Democrats on the surface lines. He is a partisan who cannot conceive any prosperity, 
progress or performance with the Democrats in power, and maybe, when you take a 
look at the opposition side of the House, he isn't so far wrong; but that is a detail. WJiat 
I am trying to impress about Gaines is that he is a Republican who is glad of it, proud 
of it and ready to fight for it. 

'Nor does that mean he is barnacled or reactionary. He is a big, red-blooded, hard- 
hitting person who has beliefs and has the courage to state them. Moreover, there is no 
sidestepping or trimming or compromising about him. You always can tell on which side 
Gaines is fighting, for he gets up and announces himself, and if you are fighting against 
him there will be no temporizing. He will probably hit you in the eye. So watch out. 
HOW HE WON THE SAWMILL VOTE. 

His creed is West Virginia. He moved to that State from the District of Columbia, 
his birthplace, when but three years old, and has lived there ever since, which is some 
forty-odd years. He graduated from Princeton in 1886 and began the practice of the 
law a year later in Fayette-ville. President McKinley made him United States District 
Attorney in 1897 and he served until he came to Congress ten years ago. In Congress he 
has grown steadily. He is a skillful parliamentarian, a good debater, a fine speaker and is 
extremely popular. He stood guard over the industries of West Virginia when they were 
making the latest tariff bill, and his people got what they wanted ; which, by the way, 
is the apotheosis of statesmanship. If you give the people what they want they will give 
you what you want. Everybody satisfied. Not particularly ethical, mayhap, but gratifying. 

Gaines has a keen sense of humor. He is a good storyteller and his stories always 
fit and are fit. He doesn't devote too much of his time to story-telling, nor does he pose 
as a John Allen, or anything like ; but he can make a point with a story as deftly as 
any of his colleagues, a story that is always bubbling over with good humor and is 
always apropos. He is an ardent and efficient speechmaker, well grounded, well informed, 
and with an earnest and convincing delivery. He does a good deal of debating in the 
House and generally makes his point. 

They have primaries in West Virginia, as they have elsewhere, and Gaines, of course, 
was forced to go before the people for his nomination at these primaries. He had opposition 
and naturally he made a canvass. In one of the counties in his district he met a sawmill 
man. The sawmill man was by way of being a politician himself, and he had been seen 
by the friends of the opponent of Gaines and had promised to support the opponent and 
to get his men to support him. 

The sawmill man had a talk with Gaines, who explained to him that the reason the 
people who were against Gaines were working so hard in the territory was because Gaines 
would not recommend a certain man for a certain postoffice. It happened that the man 
Gaines refused to recommend was a warm and personal enemy of the sawmill man, and 
the sawmill man promptly shifted and went over to Gaines. The sawmill man had sixty-five 
men working for him, in the woods and at the mill. He was anxious to help Gaines as 
soon as he understood the situation, and he explained his position and what he could 
do, illustrating, thereby, the actual working out of the primary system in the country 
districts as opposed to the lovely theories on which the primary system is based. 

"Now, I'll tell you", said sawmill man said to Gaines. "These politicians down this 
way are getting too blamed smart. They came pretty near putting one across on me. 
I didn't understand about that postoffice thing, or I would have been for you in the 
beginning. They gave me the wrong steer. They even tried to give me money, but that 
don't go. 

"You see, if there is any money to be spent at my place I spend it. More than that I 
put it up. I don't owe them a cent, and I don't want any of their money. It don't take 
any money, anyhow. All I have to do is to call the boys in from the woods and get 
them together with the rest of the men at the mill. Then I roll in a couple of barrels of 
beer and tell them what I want them to do. They'll do it all right. It doesn't make any 
difference to them. They don't give a hoot about either one of you anyhow." 

Gaines told that story on himself during his campaign, as an illustration of several 
things, having the saving sense of humor that made him appreciate the joke on himself as 
well as on his opponent. That is what makes him so popular in the House. He puts 

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on no airs makes no pretenses, humbugs no humbuggery, chases no notoriety, seeks no 
limelight; but goes ahead and does his work and looks out for his constituents, and 
generally gets what he goes after. 

He is one of the tallest men in the House and has a voice that will rasp a Democrat 
into a passion in a minute if he wants to put the rasp into it. When he is telling a 
story it sort of bubbles out of him. He has a kindly philosophy, a clear outlook on life, 
hates shams and hypocrisy, doesn't pose or strut, and is a good deal of a person, is this 
Joseph Holt Gaines, of the Third District of West Virginia. He understands his people, 
his state and governmental affairs, as well. He came up through the ramifications of local 
politics and has grown to be a man of much influence in the House. 

And say, be sure to lay no impious hand on the sacred policy of protection when he is 
in the vicinity. He eats these freetraders alive, does Joseph ; especially and particularly any 
of those freetraders who may want to start something touching on and appertaining to 
the industries of West Virginia. The tariff is a local question with Gaines; a distinctly 
West Virginia proposition. Keep off the grass! 

Another One on "Brother". 

From The Saturdav Evening Post. 

Joseph Holt Gaines, who has been in Congress for many years from West Virginia 
and has risen to a commanding position both on the Ways and Means Committee and on 
the floor, was defeated for reelection by a man named Littlepage, a Democrat. 

"Now, Adam," said Gaines to Littlepage on the day after election, "I shall be glad 
to do anything I can for you up in Washington, especially in telling you about the rules and 
how to get favorable committee places, and all that. Call on me any time." 

"Thanks, Joe," said Littlepage; "but I guess I won't need you. You see, I intend to 
begin where you left off." 



B. H. GASKILL. 

It is doubtful whether any member of the class remembers Gaskill. He 
entered Princeton in September 1883 and left October '83. He was at one time 
a member of '85 and came from Mt. Holly, N. J. A letter from the Rev. 
James VV^. Williams '87, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Abington, Pa., 

says: 

A Benjamin H. Gaskill died on May 25, 1905, and I was asked to officiate at his 
funeral. He had been living for some years on South 21st Street, Philadelphia. I 
had visited him once two years before, as he professed to be an attendant at my churclj 
The poor fellow went all to pieces apparently, lived beyond his means, etc., and after 
he died the papers printed all sorts of things about him — not to his credit. 

The New York and Philadelphia papers of about that time contained ac- 
counts of his exploits on the Stock Exchange, and how he obtained money for 
several doubtful purposes. He was a member of the firm of B. H. Gaskill & 
Co., which failed in 1905. 

He left a wife, but no children. 



HARLAN VICTOR GAUSE. 

Victor was born in Wilmington, Del., July 4, 1863, son of John Tav'or Cause 
and Martha Jane Carey-Flinn. He went to Andover, where he was in the same 
class with Tracy Harris. He entered Princeton "Scientif" in 1882 and left in the 
spring of 1883. 




LIliKARV TOWER 
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After leaving Princeton he was one year in the art course at Syracuse, when 
he entered the office of the Harlan and HoUingsworth Shipbuilding Co. of Wil- 
mington, of which his father was president. He went to Europe in 1894 and 
located in Paris to study art. He remained in Paris about three years, has 
spent much time in this counrty, lived in Rome five years, later six years in Paris 
and the last year in London, where his headquarters now are. During most of 
this time he has worked at his art, but not regularly owing to travel and various 
reasons. 

While in Paris he studied mural decoration, his specialty, under Puvis de 
Chavannes, the distinguished artist, and also studied architecture at the Ecole 
des Beaux Arts. 

At one time he was president of the Metalithic Paving Co. of New York, 
for paving, flooring, etc. 

Something About "Vic" Gause. 
The Sun says he's a blooming Britisher. 

From The New York Sun of Feb. 14, 191 1. 

Harlan Victor Gause of London is visiting New York for the first time and he really 
doesn't know what to make of it all, you know. Mr. Gause did not come direct from 
England, but got in the other way, and worked across the country by way of Los Angeles 
and Chicago, and still had some adjectives left. 

Mr. Gause arrived at the Gotham yesterday and asked for a room. When the clerk 
assigned him to one on the fifteenth floor the visitor looked rather blank, 

"I say, I really would like to see it first, do you know," he said, so the room clerk 
showed him up. When they got into the room the Englishman went to the window and 
looked out. 

"Good Lord !" he exclaimed. "It makes me dizzy. And do you mean to tell me I 
am really up above those Church steeples? Marvellous. Why, I have been up 15,000 feet 
in the Alps and looked down 3,000 feet, but never have I had such a feeling of dizziness. 
I'd like to see something else, if you don't mind." 

Then the clerk took him up to the twentieth floor and showed him the city from there, 
but he said that was too far up. Then he was taken down to the nintli floor, but he 
said that the fifteenth floor would suit him after all. 

"It's marvellous", he remarked to the clerk. "I never was so high up in a building 
before. What, there are buildings that are more than twenty-five stories higher than this ! 
Upon my word. Why are so many flags flying? Lincoln's birthday? Oh, I say, what are 
those bird cages upon the tops of those buildings?" 

The clerk replied that what he saw were the screened playgrounds on the tops of two 
girls' schools, and the visitor remarked how interesting. Then he called for some food 
and sat down to rest and digest things. 

The Identity of Victor. 

From The New York Sun, Feb. 16, 191 1. 

A paragraph in the hotel column the other day about Harlan Victor Gause, who regis- 
tered at the Gotham from London and who in his speech and comments gave the room 
clerk the impression that he was an Englishman, has drawn two letters to The Sun, each 
of which distinctly asserts that Mr. Gause, however his address and his accent may have 
impressed the hotel clerk, is not an Englishman. 

One goes so far as to hint strongly that The Sun has been duped in regard to Mr. 
Cause's nationality, and adds that he was born in Wilmington, Del., and was graduated at 
Princeton, in the class of '86. The other letter, which is written in a less indignant and 
more graceful vein, and in a handwriting that is certainly not masculine says : 

" * * * the 'Englishman', Mr. Harlan Victor Gause of London, happened to be born 
in Wilmington, Del., on July 4, 1863 ; was middle named 'Victor' to commemorate the 



victory of Gettysburg on that day (not that he had anything to do with that) and Uved 
continuously in America until the last decade. However, I think the joke's on him, not 
you — but this was too good to keep." 



WILLIAM J. GOUDY. 

"Billy" Goudy died in 1894, after a successful career in Chicago, as a 
lawyer and business man. He entered Princeton in September '82 and left in 
June '85, but at all times he maintained a lively interest in his college and his 
class. He took up the study of law in the office of his father, William C. 
Goudy, probably the most noted attorney of Chicago at that tiine. He was 
graduated from the Northwestern Law School in Chicago, and entered into 
partnership with his father and another lawyer under the firm name of Goudy, 
Green and Goudy. In '92 his father died, the partnership \Vas broken, and 
"Billy" went into the real estate business with "Bob" Shanklin '83. Two months 
later he died, after an illness lasting some time. 

"Billy" was married December 14, 1887 to Miss Carolyn Harvey Walker, 
who with a daughter, Helen Goudy, born October 5, 1889, survives him. 



W. T. GRAHAM. 

Graham was only in Princeton from September '83 to November '83. He 
then became a member of the Class of '86 of Dickinson College. He lives now 
at Sunbury, Pa., where he is a practising physician, having been graduated, it 
is stated, from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He is married and 
has one little girl, Helen. 

JAMES SPROAT GREEN. 

"Dodo" was born on March 7, 1864 at Elizabeth, New Jersey, a son of Dr. 
James S. Green '48 and Frances Winchester. He prepared for Princeton at the 
Pingry School, Elizabeth ; entered College in '82 and was graduated with an 
A.B. degree in '86; and received the degree of A.M. in 1889. 

He entered P. & S. in New York City and was graduated an M.D. in '89. 
He was House Physician and surgeon to the Elizabeth General Hospital from 
June 29 to January i, 1899, visiting surgeon from '92 to the present time; and 
Dispensary Surgeon from '91 to '95. He has served as President of the Union 
County Medical Society, President of the Clinical Hospital of Elizabeth, General 
Vice President of the Board of the Hospital, and attending surgeon. He is also 
attending surgeon to St. Elizabeth's Hospital and is a member of the Board of 
Managers of the New Jersey State Sanitoriuin for Tuberculosis Diseases. 

He belongs to the Elizabeth Town and Country Club, and Union County 
Medical Society. 

"Dodo" is one of the solid, substantial citizens of New Jersey, and stands in 
high repute in his profession. 

He was married on September 20, 1892 to Mary Moxley Fisher, and has 
six children, two boys and four girls: James S. Jr., born March 16, 1894; 
Margaret W., born August 2, 1895; Frances W. born July 24, 1897; Grace F., 



born June 24, 1899; Richard F., born December 25, 1901 ; Mary M., born Septem- 
ber 5, 1904. 

James and Richard are going to Pingry Scliool, eventually bound for Prince- 
ton; while Margaret, Frances, and Grace go to Vail-Deane School, Elizabeth. 
James is preparing for Princeton. 



ROBERT S. GREEN, JR. 

The class is already familiar with the news of "Bob" Green's death, which 
occurred at the house of his father, ex-Governor Green, of New Jersey, in 
Elizabeth, N. J., on May 17, 1904, after a long and tedious illness. "Bob" was 
born in Elizabeth October 16, 1865, a son of Robert S. Green, '50, ex-Repre- 
sentative in Congress and ex-Governor of New Jersey, and a descendant of the 
Rev. Ashbel Green, of the Class of 1783, eighth president of Princeton. He 
entered Princeton in September '82, and became at once one of the best known 
and most prominent men in his class. He was active in every phase of social 
undergraduate life, and was a conspicuous figure in everything connected with 
'86. He was a member of the Sophomore Reception Committee and played on 
"Davy" Harlan's famous "Scrub" football team, which helped "Reddy" De 
Camp's team to bring the championship to Princeton from New Haven in the 
fall of '85. 

After graduation, he became the secretary of his father, who was then 
Governor of New Jersey. In 1891 he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey 
and a year later to the bar of New York, where he was associated with the 
well known firm of Seward, Guthrie & Morawetz. In 1896, he and Albert Wall 
formed the firm of Wall & Green, with offices in Jersey City. Later this firm 
was changed into Vredenburg, Wall & Van Winkle, both "Bob'' and Albert 
still being members of it, one of the most successful law firms in New Jersey. 
"Bob" was also for many years a member of the State Board of Assessors of 
New Jersey, and was active in Democratic politics. 

"Bob" never lost his interest in his alma mater or his class, and invariably 
attended all reunions and dinners. He belonged to the Mattano Club of Eliza- 
beth, and the Princeton and Democratic Clubs of New York. 

The funeral services were held at the Green homestead. No. 76 Cherry 
Street, Elizabeth, on May 22, 1904, and the large crowd present attested the 
high esteem and afl^ection with which he was regarded. The burial was in the 
family lot at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. 



CHARLES E. GRIFFITH. 

"Charlie" Griffith died of yellow fever in the City of Panama on June 14, 
1905. He was born October 30, 1861, and entered college in September '82, 
from Lawrence, Kan. Healthy, vigorous, athletic, full of the joy of living, he 
soon became a vital force in the class. He won his cane spree in Freshman 
year, he played on his class football team in Freshman and Sophomore years, 
he was a successful competitor in the annual athletic games, he sang in the 



Class Glee Club and the College choir, and he wound up his career in college 
in a burst of glory as a member of the champion football team in '85. 

After graduation "Grif" became secretary and treasurer of the Eudora 
Milling Company of Eudora, Kan., manufacturers of flour, meal. etc. He was 
married November 23, 1887 at Johnsonburg, N. J., to Miss Elizabeth L. Fores- 
man, youngest daughter of the Rev. R. B. Foresman, and had one daughter, 
Helen F., born December 4, 1888. 

Later "Grif" wandered about the country, pursuing his profession as an 
engineer in many states of the Union, in Alaska and finally in Panama. A 
few years ago he came to New York and made his headquarters with his 
brother, George W. Griffith, a banker and broker, at No. 11 Pine Street. He 
went to Panama in June 1905 to become Chief Engineer for the Panama 
American Company, and was very successful. He was to have left Panama for 
the North on July 15, but he was taken ill with the dreaded yellow fever, and 
removed to the Government Hospital, known as the Ancon Hospital. The 
disease was too powerful, however, and he died early in the morning of June 14. 
His body was brought to New York, and he was buried by the side of his wife 
in Oakdale Cemetery, Chicago, on June 25. 

"Grif's" father is still living and is President of a bank in South Pasadena, 
Cal. The daughter, Helen, lives with her grandfather. 



WILLIAM ALEXANDER GUTHRIE. 

"Billy" was born at Jacksonville, Pa., August 29, 1865, son of John Milton 
Guthrie and Anna Mary Guthrie. He prepared at Elder's Ridge Academy, 
entered Princeton in the fall of '82 and was graduated A.B. in '86. 

From July i, '86 to February i, '94 he was in the lumber manufacturing 
business with his father, in Indiana, Pa. The panic of '93 unfortunately de- 
stroyed the business. In '96 "Billy" became connected with the Sanborn-Perris 
Map Company, insurance surveyors, and was an inspector in Michigan, Indiana, 
and Ohio. Since July i, 1901 he has been in the coal mining business and is 
now vice-president of Tearing Run Coal Co., West Penn Block Coal Co., and 
Majestic Coal Co. 

"Billy" was a member of the Town Council of Indiana for three years. 
He says he has had the "usual ups and downs of business life", but we are glad 
to hear that he is now getting along in fine shape. 

WILLIAM D. W. HALL. 

Hall was born in Lewes, Del., April 7, 1865, son of Dr. David Hall and 
Eugenie Hall. He entered college in 1882 and was graduated an A.B., later re- 
ceiving the degree of A.M. 

He received the degree of M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 
1889, and also attended the N. Y. Polyclinic Hospital College. He has practised 
medicine ever since at Columbus, N. J., Brooklyn and Philadelphia, where he also 
has a pharmacy. He is a general practitioner but for the last six years he has been 
connected with the Philadelphia Polyclinic as instructor in diseases of the nose 
and throat. He is a member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society and the 



Philadelphia Medical Club. He belongs to Melita Lodge F. & A. M., No. 295 
and of Melita Royal Arch Chapter, No. 284. 

Hall was married to Miss Elizabeth Orr at Lewes, Del, July 18, 1893, and 
had one child, David, who was born October 4, 1898, and died at the age of nine 
months. 

CHARLES DAY HALSEY. 

"Steve" was born September 26, 1865 in Newark, N. J., son of Silas 
Condit Halsey and Fanny L. Day. He was prepared for college at Freehold 
Institute, Freehold, N. J., and was in the same class there as Harry Toler. He 
entered Princeton in '81 with the class of '85, but was graduated with '86. 

After leaving college, "Steve" became connected with the Engineers' Corps, 
Maintenance of Way Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad and was with 
that company until April 1894. From April 1894, to April i, 1901, he was 
associated with "Kid" Toler, in the New York Stock Exchange firm of Toler 
& Halsey. This firm was dissolved and the firm of C. D. Halsey & Co. was 
formed, of which "Steve" is still the head. On March 28, 1901, he became a 
member of the Stock Exchange. 

"Steve" was married in Burlington, N. J., on November 20, 1895 to Miss 
Effie Van Rensselaer Grubb, daughter of General E. Burd Grubb, of Edgewater 
N. J., formerly U. S. Minister to Spain. He has three children, two boys and a 
girl: Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Halsey, born October 11, 1896; Charles Day 
Halsey, Jr., born January 9, 1900, and Lily Van Rensselaer Halsey, born July 
15, 1896. Cortlandt is now at Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., and Charles is going 
there, and both are bound for Princeton. 

"Steve" lives practically all the year round at a very attractive place at 
Rumson (formerly Sea Bright) N. J., and is a councilman of that borough. He 
is a real farmer and gets finer enjoyment in selling a big, fat porker, or a 
bushel of corn, than he does in selling stocks and bonds. He is a member of 
the University, Princeton, and Union Clubs of New York and the Rumson 
Country Club. 

R. T. HAINES HALSEY. 

"R. T." was born in Elizabeth, N. J., August 28, 1865, son of W. F. 
Halsey and Fanny E. Haines. He prepared for college at St. Paul's, entered 
college in '82 and was graduated A.B. in '86. A brother, Dr. John Halsey, was 
in '91. 

From '86 to '88 he was in the well-known banking house of Brown 
Brothers & Co., New York, and from '89 to '91 with Homans & Co. In 
1891 he bought a seat in the Stock Exchange and started business with Alex- 
ander M. Hudnut '81, under the firm name of Halsey & Hudnut. He has served 
as a Governor of the Stock Exchange for several years. 

Aside from business, "R. T." has made a reputation as an author, having 
written in 1899, an elaborate, highly praised and expensive book, entitled 
"Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery"; "Historical 
Introduction to the Letters of a Fanner in Pennsylvania" in 1903, and "The 
Boston Port Bill as Pictured by a Contemporary London Cartoonist", published 
by the Grolier Club in 1904. He prepared in 1906 the catalogue, with historical 

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introduction, for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on "American Silver and 
Silversmiths of the 17th and i8th Centuries", and he has contributed articles 
to Scribner's Magazine on "Josiah Wedgwood, American Sympathizer and Por- 
trait Maker", and on "Edward G. Malbone, America's great i8th Century 
Miniaturist". 

For ten years he has been on the Council of the Grolier Club and on Jan- 
uary 7, 1910, Mayor Gaynor appointed him a member of the Municipal Art 
Commission. 

On January 18, 1894, he was married to Miss Helen Romans, of New 
York who died several years ago. On February 18, 1909 he was married to 
Mrs. Effie Underbill Grossman, daughter of John T. Underbill, of New York, 
in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. Gaylord White performed thg 
ceremony. 

"R. T." belongs to the Century, Racquet, University, Grolier, Princeton, 
Midday, and Ardsley Clubs. 



MARSHAL HALSTEAD. 

Marshal Halstead died in the German Deaconess Hospital, Cincinnati, O., 
on January 29, 1908, following an operation for appendicitis on the previous 
day. At the time of his death, his father, Murat Halstead, the well known 
editor, his mother, and wife, and other members of his family were at the 
bedside. The operation was performed by Doctors Walker and Schwaab, but 
Marshal was unable to recover from the shock. 

The funeral took place on February 6, 1908, from the residence of his 
lather. The burial was private. The Rev. Frank H. Nelson, of Christ Episco- 
pal Church, conducted the services. His body, according to his wish, was 
cremated, and the urn containing his ashes was buried in the Halstead lot in 
Spring Grove Cemetery. The pall bearers were his brothers, Clarence '87, and 
Robert '88, Alfred Stern, Frederick Schaeffer, George F. Dana, Willard How, 
and Drs. Alfred Gaither and Emmanuel Schwab. 

Marshal Halstead was born in Cincinnati in the West Fourth Street House 
where his father lived, on July 10, 1863. He was educated in the public schools, 
and entered Princeton in September 1882. During his college course he was 
at all times a conspicuous and prominent member of the class, interested in all 
the activities of undergraduate social life. He was a member of Clio Hall and 
of the Ivy Club. He played on the class football team in Freshman and Sopho- 
more years, and was Chairman of the '86 Bric-a-Brac board. 

Immediately after graduation. Marshal became the New York correspond- 
ent of The Cincinnati Commercial Gasette, of which his father was editor. 
Later he went to Cincinnati and became the business manager of the paper, and 
subsequently, managing editor and a director. When The Gazette and The 
Tribune consolidated. Marshal retired and went to London where he was as- 
sociated with Alfred (now Lord) Harmsworth, the well known English pub- 
lisher and editor. During President McKinley's first administration. Marshal 
was appointed in 1897 United States Consul to Birmingham, England, a con- 
sular position of the first importance. In this place his services were of the 

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highest character and he served in that office with distinguished abihty until 
his retirement in March 1906, when he was succeeded by his brother, Albert, 
'89, who is still Consul at Birmingham. Some conception of his capacity as 
our consular representative at Birmingham may be gathered from the following 
tribute paid to him by Isaac N. Ford, the London representative of The New 
York Tribune of May 22, 1906, under the caption "A Popular Consul" : 

London, May 12. 

Mr. Marshal Halstead's retirement from the American consular service is re- 
gretted at Birmingham, where he has won respect and admiration by his energy and 
devotion to duty. For eight years he has been a keen observer of everything that was 
going on in that great center of commercial enterprise, and by his correspondence and 
his reports to the State Department he has shown how useful a consul can be in impart- 
ing information to manufacturers and merchants at home and in warning them 
against unsafe and unbusinesslike practices. Wihen he entered office at Birming- 
ham he was without mercantile experience or special equipment for work ; but he 
had been an active journalist, and this implied future efficiency in conducting a news 
gathering service among the industries of the town and in sending to America bright 
and interesting reports on commercial matters. It was not long before he was advis- 
ing American exporters against appointing exclusive agencies in Europe for the sale 
of their goods and confiding their interests to foreigners, who would make use of the 
connection for the purpose of restricting and suppressing dangerous rivalry in busi- 
ness. That shrewd warning against improvident management of foreign trade was 
followed by detailed information in one industry after another respecting the most 
practical and effective methods of enlarging export business abroad. When his re- 
ports and letters were reprinted in Birmingham, the manufacturers and merchants 
discovered that a wide-awake American journalist was a model consul. The local 
newspapers, instead of complaining of official activities directed against the business 
interests of the town, complimented him on his energy, and asked why the consular 
work in the British service was not done in a similarly thorough and practical spirit. 
I have been in Birmingham so often that I have no hesitation in giving the local 
explanation of Mr. Halstead's success as a consul. Everybody who was brought into 
business relations with him was impressed with his characteristic American spirit and 
his determination to represent his country worthly. It was a common comment among 
merchants that there would be an immense expansion of British foreign trade if there 
were as good an Englishman in every important British Consulate as he was a repre- 
sentative American. 

Mr. Halstead's work has been an object lesson of what might be made of the 
British Consulate service if equally vigilant and capable Englishmen were placed on 
guard and the masters of red tape and the salaried or unsalaried foreigners were 
turned out. There has been no decline of his American energy during his prolonged 
residence in the Midland capital. His interest in his work has steadily increased 
with his experience and equipment, and he has remained a most popular official. 

A splendid tribute from a capable and competent observer! 

Marshal resigned the consulate so that he might return to this country to 
marry Miss Clara Lunkenheimer, daughter of Mrs. Frederick Lunkenheimer, 
of Cincinnati. The wedding took place on June 22, 1907 at Ingleheim, Walnut 
Hills, Cincinnati. 

At the time of his death, Marshal was in charge of the coal and coke 
interests of his sister, Mrs. Davidson, at Connellsville, Pa., and he was also 
a director in the Lunkenheimer Company. 

One of the Cincinnati papers said of him : 

The news of Marshal Halstead's death will come with sudden and saddening 
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force to the hearts of hundreds of people who loved him. Gentle, just and self-sacri- 
ficing, he stood in the minds of those who knew him most intimately as representative 
of the highest type of Christian manhood. With his business acumen he combined a 
rare generosity of spirit, and it is known that no soul in distress, financial or other- 
wise, ever appealed to him in vain. Socially, Mr. Halstead was looked upon as a 
leader— always hospitably inclined, and always knowing the exact thing to do under the 
circumstances — living daily and every moment all the graces that made him a conspicu- 
ous figure in society. He was of commanding appearance— a splendid type of physical 
manhood. Standing full six feet and magnificently proportioned— with the clear com- 
plexion and clear eyes of perfect health, he looked invincible to sickness and death. 
Since he came from college he has been practically the head of the Halstead family. 
Foreign correspondence and important journalistic posts in the East kept his father 
much of the time away from Cincinnati, and Marshal became the natural head of the 
large family. His marriage to Miss Clara Lunkenheimer last June seemed the crown- 
ing event to a beautiful life. Their happiness together was as great as it had been brief. 

Another account says: 

The personality of the decedent was such that friends say it can improperly be 
described by words. There was a certain sunshine about Marshal Halstead pos- 
sessed by but few other mortals, and the mere announcement of his sudden demise 
on the streets of Cincinnati last night saddened groups of men and women in all 
walks of life. 

"I never heard Marshal Halstead knock a living soul", the tribute of an occu- 
pant of a car going home from the theater last night, and echoed by his companions, 
according to thousands of citizens, showed more expressively than anything the 
character of the man. 

To the last Halstead carried his good cheer with him. His philosophical de- 
meanor gave new hope to the disconsolate and made the parting seem just a tem- 
porary adieu, preceding the reunion. 

Halstead died on "Carnation Day", the anniversary of the birth of his beloved 
friend. President McKinley. 

From the moment he went to the hospital until his death, Mrs. Halstead was a 
constant attendant. Her grief was pitable when the physicians said that her hus- 
band was no more and she became quite ill. 



SAMUEL MCCLINTOCK HAMILL. 

Hamill was born at Oak Hall, Pa., November 3, 1864, son of Robert Ham- 
ill and Margaret E. Lyon. He went to school at Lawrenceville, entered Prince- 
ton in '82 and left in June '83, for the purpose of studying medicine. 

He was graduated an M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in May 
'88, and served as resident physician at the Philadelphia Hospital from August 
'88 to August '89. Hamill writes as follows : 

I have been engaged in the practice of medicine in Philadelphia, since 1891. I 
held my first teaching position in 1892, at which time I was made demonstrator of 
physical diagnosis in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. In 
1894 I became instructor in Medicine in the Medical Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania. I was an associate in the William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical 
Medicine. I continued in this service until 1901, when I resigned to become Professor 
of the Diseases of Children in the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates 
in Medicine, which position I still hold. For the past six years I have devoted myself 
exclusively to medicine as it relates to the diseases of children. 

I am a member of the American Pediatric Society, the Association of American 
Physicians, and the American Medical Association. Last year I was President of the 





T. H. Harris 





W, B. Harris 





H. L. Hoiii.i 



American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, and this year I am Chairman of 
the Section on Diseases of Children of the American Medical Association. T 
am also a member of the Philadelphia Pediatric Society, of which I was President 
in 1902, and the following year I was chairman of the Section on Medicine in 
the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 

I have engaged in a considerable amount of clinical and laboratory research 
work, the results of which labor I have published from time to time. 

I have been absent from all of the reunions of the class of '86, not from choice, 
but because I am unfortunate enough to be out of Philadelphia, in attendance upon 
the meetings of the various National Medical Societies at the time of these reunions. 
This is my misfortune and my regret, and it especially distresses me that I shall not 
be able to appear on the occasion of this twenty-fifth anniversary. Unfortunately, 
I have to go to California to the meeting of the American Medical Association, on the 
first of June. If I was not an officer of the Association, I should forego attendance 
upon the meeting this year, in order to join the class of '86 in celebrating this reunion. 
I shall surely reform another year. When I am called upon to meet with you in 
Princeton next time, unless something very unexpected occurs, I shall surely respond. 

"Sam" is also a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia Pediatric Society, Philadelphia Pathological Society, Philadelphia 
Neurological Society, University of Pennsylvania Medical Society, and belongs 
to the following clubs: University Club, Philadelphia Country Club, St. An- 
drews Society, The Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Scotch-Irish 
Society. 

He was married to Miss Lila Clarke Kennedy, of Philadelphia, on April 
17, 1895, and has three boys: E. D. Kennedy Hamill, born June 17, 1897; 
Samuel McC. Hamill, Jr., born August 8, 1899, and Hugh Maxwell Hamill, 
born April 16, 1901. The boys are going to Delancy School in Philadelphia. 

JOHN W. HARDING. 

"Jack" was born in Tunkhannock, Pa., May 28, 1863, son of William 
B. and Cynthia A. Harding. He prepared at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, 
Pa., entered college in '82, and left at the close of Junior year. 

He immediately began the study of law, was admitted to the bar and has 
been practicing successfully at Paterson, N. J., where he stands high in his 
profession. At present he is a meinber of the firm of Griggs (ex-Governor 
and ex-U. S. Attorney General) & Harding. He belongs to the Hamilton and 
North Jersey Country Clubs, and to the Princeton and Lotos Clubs of New York. 

"Jack" was married October 24, 1901 to Miss Ruth Guthrie Thompson, and 
has one daughter: Jean G. Harding, born January 27, 1903. 

DAVID ELWOOD HARLAN. 

"Davy" was born in Philadelphia, April 12, 1864, son of David Harlan 
and Margaret Herbert. He prepared for college at St. James, Washington Co., 
Maryland, and was graduated with the degree of C.E. in '86. His great dis- 
tinction in college was his captaincy of the '86 "scrub" which helped to put the 
football team in shape to beat Yale in the fall of '85. 

After graduation "Dave" spent three months in Wyoming and Utah on 
the Princeton Scientific Expedition. In December 1886 he entered the office 
of the Chief Engineer of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad in Ohio 
and became assistant roadmaster. In the spring and summer of '89 he was 



transit man on the Deer Creek & Susquehanna Railroad at Bel Air, Md. In 
October 1889, after three and a half months' vacation in Europe, he became 
assistant to the Division Engineer of the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad at Dover, Del. From June '91 to September '96 "Dave" was as- 
sistant supervisor of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Sunbury and Wall, Pa. In 
December '99 he became treasurer of the Lima Locomotive and Machine Co. 
at Lima, O., and from February 1900 to July 1902 he was treasurer and man- 
ager of the Lima Steel Casting Co. From August i, 1902 to the present 
time he has been treasurer and manager of the Crystal Paper Co., at Middle- 
town, O. 

"Davy" was married at Lima, O., on November 9, 1898 to Miss Catherine 
Meily Freeman and has three children: Olivia, born September 6, 1899; Cath- 
erine, born November 23, 1900, and Herbert Henry, born April 23, 1902. The 
girls will enter Mt. Holyoke, Mass., which is their mother's college, and the 
boy, of course, will go to Princeton. 



JAMES ARDEN HARRIMAN. 

"Jim" Harriman died in Paris, France, April 20, 1909, whither he had 
gone in search of medical treatment. His death was sudden, although he had 
been in poor health for some time. He had lived in Paris six months prior 
to his death and was accompanied there by his wife. 

"Jim" was born on May 31, 1864, and was a member of the well-known 
New York family of that name. He was a cousin of Oliver Harriman '83, 
J. Borden Harriman '85, and E. H. Harriman, the prominent banker and rail- 
road man. He entered Princeton in the fall of '82 and was a prominent and 
well beloved member of '86 during his college course. He and George McClel- 
lan lived in the "Red House", in the lower part of the town, where Evelyn 
College subsequently was. 

He travelled considerably after graduation and then became connected with 
the Wall Street firm of H. B. Hollins & Co., one of the most prominent houses 
in the "Street". In 1898, he retired from active business and went abroad. 
Previously, on November 21, 1896, he was married to Miss Adele Lesher, of 
New York. There were no children. 

The later years of his life were devoted to rest and recreation, and one 
of his principal sources of enjoyment was in attending lectures at the hospitals 
and medical schools in Paris and elsewhere. It had always been his ambition, 
never realized, to take up the practice of medicine. 

While in New York he became interested in the Naval Militia, and served 
as an ensign in the First Naval Battalion of New York. 

He was a member of the Union, Knickerbocker, University, Princeton and 
New York Yacht Clubs. He maintained at all times a lively interest in 
everything pertaining to Princeton and to his class. 

A few years ago he purchased a country place. Rolling Farm, Pleasant- 
ville, New York, and spent much of his time there. 



TRACY HYDE HARRIS. 

Tracy was born July 5, 1864, a son of Tracy Hyde Harris and Hannah 
Virginie Wyckoff. He prepared for Princeton at Phillips Andover, where he 
played on the baseball and football teams. His career at Princeton was emi- 
nently successful. He played on the Class baseball and football teams, and got 
on the 'varsity football in '83 and stayed there until the glorious championship 
wind-up at New Haven in '85. He was president of the Baseball Association in 
'85-'86, and played on the 'varsity nine in '86. No one was more closely identi- 
fied with the various phases of undergraduate life than Tracy. He was grad- 
uated with the degree of A.B., and got his A.M. in course. 

After graduation Tracy studied law from October '87 to May '89 at Co- 
lumbia, finally graduating with the degree of LL.B. from New York University 
in 1889. Since then he has been engaged in the practice of law: at first with 
his brother, Edward W. Harris '84, then with "Ed" Harris and Francis Forbes, 
under the firm name of Forbes & Harris; later with ex- Judge Roger A. Pryor 
in the firm of Pryor & Harris, and now with his brother in the firm of 
Harris & Harris. 

Tracy has won all sorts of honors. He has been closely and actively 
identified with athletics at Princeton and has given valuable service as a 
member of the Graduate Advisory Committee, with which he has been con- 
nected practically since graduation. He has been a member of the Board of Gov- 
ernors of the University Club and the Princeton Club of New York. He served 
as president of the Princeton Club in 1902, 1903, and 1904, and in appreciation 
of his services, 115 members of the Club gave him a delightful dinner at the 
Hofifman House on February 21, 1906, and presented to him a beautiful 
silver loving cup. Tracy was elected vice-president of '86 at our reunion in 
June 1896. 

Tracy is a member of the University, Princeton, Republican, Racquet, St. 
Anthony, Down Town, Rockaway Hunt, Ardsley, Country Club of Westchester, 
and Garden City Golf Clubs. 

Tracy was married to Miss Laura D. Curtis of New York, at West End, 
N. J., on September 4, 1890. He lives during a large part of the year at 
Hewlett, Long Island, where he has an attractive country place. 

WALTER BUTLER HARRIS, 

Walter was born in Princeton, N. J., July 13, 1865 ; his father, the Rev. 
William Harris, was treasurer of Princeton College from 1869 until his death in 
1885 ; his mother was Christina Van Alen Butler. He prepared for college in 
the Princeton private, public and preparatory schools and entered the Civil 
Engineering Department of the John C. Green School of Science in September 
'82, and was graduated June 1886 receiving the degree of Civil Engineer. 

After graduation he was employed in the Princeton Bank and later in the 
summer secured a position in Philadelphia with a firm of mechanical engineers. 
In the fall of 1886 he obtained a position as rodman on the Engineer Corps of 
the Wilkes-Barre & Scranton Ry. and soon after was promoted to levelman. 
He remained with this company until the completion of the road in 1888. In 
March 1888 he was connected with the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. on 
preliminary and location surveys near Phillipsburg, N. J. In the fall of '88 he 



received a position in the Division Engineer's oiifice of the C. R. R. of N. J., 
and it was while he was in this position that the offer of an instructorship in 
Civil Engineering came from Princeton. In 1895 he was made Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Civil Engineering and in 1899 he was appointed Professor of Geodesy. 
Walter writes as follows: 

I am an Elder in the First Presbyterian Church. In Princeton I have served as 
Street Commissioner, Borough Engineer, Township Engineer, and for seven years was 
a member of the Board of Health, being President of the Board when I was forced, 
on account of poor health, to resign. In landscape architecture I directed the grading 
of the College campus from the "Halls" south including the Brokaw Field, the Prince- 
ton Inn grounds, and the drive at Mr. Pyne's. I have been retained by Wlilson Col- 
lege, Chambersburg, Pa., to prepare plans for their new campus, with sites for pro- 
posed buildings, and have designed and constructed a system of jetties for the pro- 
tection of the New Jersey Coast at Bayhead, Asbury Park, etc. I am the architect of 
the Charter Club House and of ten dwellings in various parts of Princeton, engineer 
and architect of Broadmead, a building tract below 'Varsity Athletic Field, that intel- 
lectual Tuxedo where high thinking and plain living go hand in hand with beautiful 
surroundings. 

Walter was married on November 22, 1892, to Miss Anne L. Yeamans, of 
Princeton and has had four children: Dorothy C, born October 16, 1893; 
Walter Butler, born October 19, 1895; George Yeomans, born April 11, 1901, 
died April 14, 1901 ; Helen Boyd, born April 5, 1902. Dorothy goes to Kent 
Place School, Summit, N. J.; William B., Jr., to Princeton High School, and 
Helen goes to Miss Purves's Private School. 

Walter was obliged to sail for Italy on February 14, 191 1, on account 
of his health. He wrote before sailing: "It is a great regret not to be with the 
class at their coming reunion, the best, I am sure, we will ever have, but the 
doctor advises an imperative rest, and I am looking forward to six months of 
enforced idleness without relish. Hoping the best things for the reunion and 
wishing I could be with you all etc." 

The best wishes of the class go out to Walter for complete restoration. 

CHARLES ELLIOTT HAYS. 

Hays entered Princeton in junior year. He came from Crawfordsville, Ind. 
He was born March 30, 1867, and was graduated from college in 1886. 

Since graduation Hays has been practically lost to sight, although now and 
then the Secretary has had some track of him. After leaving Princeton he 
taught in a preparatory school in MifHintown, Pa., and took a theological course 
in Philadelphia, intending to prepare himself at Princeton for the ministry. 
Since then there have been several reports concerning him — one to the efifect that 
he was a private in the army at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. ; another that he served 
in the Boer War and the Cuban Army. It is known that he was second lieutenant, 
1 8th Infantry, U. S. A., resigning January 6, 1897, and it is stated that he was also 
in the British Army, serving in India and Africa. His sister in New York has 
declined to give any information concerning him. 

CHARLES HELLIWELL. 

Helliwell was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, May i, 1863, son 
of Moses Helliwell and Mary Smith Helliwell. He prepared at Phillips An- 

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dover, entered Princeton in September '82 and was graduated as A.B. in 
'86 and received the degree of A.M. in '89. 

At first he thought of teaching, and taught Latin and EngHsh at the Morris 
Academy, at Morristown, N. J. He remained there for four years, and then 
went to Union Theological Seminary, and was ordained to the ministry at 
Park Ridge, N. J. in 1890. He kept a preparatory school in Madison, N. J., 
and supplied a pulpit in Park Ridge from '90 to '96. Since that time he has 
been a minister holding pastorates at Old Concord, Pa., Mannington, W. Va., 
Bellaire, O., and Richmond, O., where he now is. In May 1901 he was 
graduated in theology from the Western Theological Seminary. During his 
five year's stay at Mannington he had built a new church of brown stone, and 
his church supported a mission four miles away, which later he organized into 
a Presbyterian Church, with a pastor of its own. 

Helliwell was married to Miss Minnie A. Morris, of Sandwich, Mass., on 
June 29, 1887, and has three children: Lillian Agnes, born January 22, 1889; 
Marion Angela, born August 25, 1891, and Charles Harold, born July i, 
1897. The two daughters are Sophomores in the Western College for Women, 
at Oxford, O., and Harold is in the Grammar school at Richmond. 

Helliwell writes: 

There is not very much to tell of my life and labors. My pathway has been 
pleasant, and as one of our writers says : "This way runs the trail that lies along the 
higher sunlit hills where those who journey see afar, and the light lingers even when 
the day is done". We have had few sicknesses, and only now and then a slight mis- 
fortune. We have a great deal to be thankful for. I often think of the fine fellows 
of '86 and occasionally I write a line or two to some of them. I read eagerly any 
news I see about them and I rejoice greatly in their successes. I shall enjoy the 
reading of the Class Record. 

SAMUEL C. HENNING. 

Henning came to Princeton from Louisville, Ky., in Freshman year, and left 
in 1883 and went to Harvard where he was graduated with the Class of '87. He 
entered into the real estate and financial brokerage business in Louisville and 
five or six years ago he was associated with his brother, J. W. Henning & Co., 
dealers in stocks and bonds in Wall Street. He is now a member of the firm of 
S. C. Henning & Co., 71 Broadway, New York. 

He married Miss M. Julie Duke, of Louisville, Ky. He is a member of the 
Metropolitan and Tuxedo Clubs. Inasmuch as he was graduated from Harvard 
he prefers to be enrolled with that institution. 

WALTER LOWRIE HERVEY. 

Walter was born in Mt. Vernon, O., September 28, 1862, son of Dwight 
B. Hervey and Mary E. Reeder. He prepared at the "prep" department of 
Denison University, Granville, O., entered Princeton in September '84, grad- 
uated A.B. in '86, and received the degree of Ph.D., honoris causa, when he 
became President of Teachers' College, New York, in '92. 

He taught three years in boys' preparatory schools. In 1889 he became 
Dean and later President of Teachers' College. He remained at the college 
eight years, resigning in 1897 and spending the following year in Europe in 
study and travel. He was a student at the Universities of Berlin and Jena. In 

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1898 he became a member of the Board of Examiners of the New York Board 
of Education and is still a member of this important organization. For six 
years, '93-'99, he was dean of the Chautauqua School of Pedagogy. He has 
been a lecturer on religious education at Hartford Theological Seminary and 
at Yale Divinity School; chairman Educational Committee, West Side Y. M. 
C. A., and President Department of Elementary Schools and Member of Council 
of Religious Education Association. 
Walter writes: 

I have never heard of man, woman, child, or jackass, who coveted my job as 
examiner. My side lines, however, have been more interesting. For the past twelve 
years I have been adviser to the Educational Department of Longmans, Green and 
Company, and for the past four years have been editing the Horace Mann Readers. 

As chairman of the Educational Committee of the West Side Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association for the past ten years I have seen the enrollment in the educational 
classes (including Finance Forum, Real Estate, Motor Boating, and Aeronautics) 
mount from 500 to over 2800, the tuition fees in one year being over $70,000: the 
"West Side" has broken all records for attendance, for receipts and for variety of 
work offered. I am a member of the Council of the Religious Education Association, 
a trustee of the Society for the Preservation of the Adirondacks, chairman of the Exec- 
utive Committee of the Italian-American Civic League, and a vestryman in Holy 
Trinity Church. I served two terms as president of The Round Table. For the past 
two years (nearly) I have been a member of the Executive Committee of the Child 
Welfare Committee, Gaylord White being chairman of the Committee on Settlements, 
"Dick" Hodge being an active member of the Committee on Churches, Temples and 
Sunday Schools, and "R. T." Halsey being a distinguished guest on the opening night 
in the 71st regiment armory. From November to February, as chairman of the Ad- 
ministration Committee, I was in executive charge of the exhibit, — the biggest and 
buUiest job I ever had. 

"Please put in anything you want to say." Well, during the past twenty-five years 
I have found the world a pretty interesting place to live in, — never more so than 
now. I am a firm believer in the doctrine that the real satisfactions of life — those 
centering in work, play, music, pictures, books, travel, home and friends — should not 
diminish but should rather mount with advancing years. My best wish for '86 is that 
this may hold good for every man in the class. 

Walter was married July 14, 1887 to Miss Antoinette Bryant, of Gilberts- 
ville, N. Y., and has one boy, Walter Bryant Hervey, born June 16, 1892, who 
is now a Freshman at Princeton, "proud and glad", his father says, "to be there 
as we are proud and glad to have him." 

HARRY HILLARD. 

Harry was born in Mendham, N. J., February 23, 1865, only child of 
Henry Hillard and Mary Ballentine. Some years later, his father having died, 
he and his mother made their home in Morristown, N. J., where he attended 
Morris Academy. He entered Princeton in '82 and left in November '85, on 
account of ill health. He received his diploma as A.B. later. 

He went to California for his health, and decided to inake that his home, 
much to the regret of his many friends here. Soon after going West, he 
purchased land in southern California for a fruit ranch and had it planted 
with orange and grape fruit, which he still owns, and from which fruit is now 
being raised for the market, as well as for his own table. 

In 1891 while on an Eastern visit, he inarried Miss Ellen Walsh Hum- 

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phreys, of Pittsburg, on October 15. Two children were born: Humphreys 
Hillard, born January 17, 1894, and a little girl, born Dec. 24, 1904, who died a 
few days later. The son attends the California Polytechnic School at San 
Luis Obispo. 

After his marriage he returned to Berkeley, a suburb of San Francisco, 
where he lived with his mother and acted as College Secretary of the State 
Y. M. C. A. Later, while completing his theological studies he became the 
assistant pastor of the Berkeley Presbyterian Church where he remained until 
called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo. 
Harry's mother died while he was in Berkeley. 

In May 1910 he came East as Commissioner to the General Assembly of 
the Presbyterian Church held at Atlantic City. His summer vacations, as it 
is too warm then to remain in San Luis Obispo, are usually spent at Catalina 
Island. Since he has been in San Luis Obispo as pastor, a new church has been 
built and the membership greatly increased. 
Harry writes : 

Harry Kemper and I hold the Princeton fort here, but ours are the only Prince- 
ton faces seen for great stretches of time. We are "exiles" as far as the college 
is concerned." 

HUGH LENOX HODGE. 

Hugh was born at Mauch Chunk, Pa., May 25, 1864, a son of the Rev. 
Dr. John Aspinwall Hodge and Charlotte Gebhard Morse, and a twin brother of 
"Dick". He was educated in the public schools of Hartford, Conn., entered 
Princeton in September '82, was graduated in '86 with the degree of A.B., and 
received the degree of A.M. later. While in college he played on the lacrosse 
team and on the championship football team. 

After graduation he entered the Princeton Seminary and was graduated 
therefrom in '89, having taken "P.G." courses also in college. Hugh played on 
the 'varsity football team the year after graduation. Since that time he has 
been a minister of the Presbyterian Church. From May '89 to the fall of 1891 
he travelled through Europe, Asia Minor, Palestine, and Egypt, as tutor to 
John W. and Horatio Garrett '95, of Baltimore. From December '91, to October 
'95 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Oxford, Pa. ; f roin October 
'95 to March 1909, he was pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of Erie, 
Pa. From April 1909 to September 1910, he lived in Scotland and London 
recuperating and studying privately the Bible, the churches and other organiza- 
tions, "working for the uplift of humanity". He is now pastor of the Pres- 
byterian Church of Sewickley, Pa., near Pittsburg, having moved there in the 
fail of 1910. 

Hugh was married in October 1893 in Glasgow, Scotland to Miss Annie 
Fleming Beith, daughter of Hon. Gilbert Beith, M. P., and has two children: 
Gilbert Beith Hodge, born July 25, 1900, and Beatrice Hodge, born September 
13, 1903. Both are now at school in Sewickley and Gilbert is bound for Princeton. 

Hugh writes : 

I resigned my charge in Erie February 1909 because I had broken down in health 
with nervous exhaustion and had to have a complete rest for an indefinite period. I 
lived out of doors in Scotland for a good six months and greatly enjr-'ed the beauties 

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of Edinburgh, St. Andrews and the Highlands. After that I was able to take up 
studies systematically and continuously, and for a full year every morning I had the 
rare opportunity of pursuing my favorite line without any outside responsibilities or 
demands on my time. The afternoons and evenings I occupied in attending the 
lectures, addresses, etc., offered to the public and in seeing how aggressive work was 
actually carried on by those who employ their whole time in uplifting their fellows 
in Scotland and in London, England. I was a delegate to the World's Missionary 
Conference in Edinburgh in June 1910 and attended the General Assembly of the 
United Free Church of Scotland in 1909 and 1910. 

RICHARD MORSE HODGE. 

"Dick" was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., on May 25, 1864, a son of the 
Rev. Dr. J. Aspinwall Hodge, and Charlotte Gebhard Morse. His mother 
belonged to the family of S. F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, and his 
father was a member of the Hodge family which has been so intimately con- 
nected with Princeton college and seminary. His brothers are J. Aspinwall 
'83, Hugh '86, and Samuel C. '88. 

"Dick" was prepared for Princeton at the High School of Hartford, Conn., 
entered Princeton in September '82 and was graduated in '86 with the degree 
of A.B., receiving the degree of A.M. in course subsequently. 

"Dick's" career in Princeton is well known to all members of the class. 
He was active in college life and athletics. He played football and lacrosse, 
and was quarter-back on the famous team which beat Yale in '85. He was a 
Lynde debater, was active in Whig Hall and in his Senior year was a managing 
editor of The Princetonian. 

After graduation he entered the seminary with his brother Hugh, and both 
of them played on the football team the fall after graduation. "Dick" also 
played in '87. "Dick" also was coach of the football team subsequently, and 
his advice and counsel were eagerly sought. Many of the newer plays in the 
game, especially the "flying wedge", were attributed to him. He remained at 
Princeton 'till 1890, taking P.O. courses in college and seminary. He was 
ordained a minister in 'go and has been pastor of Presbyterian Churches in 
Milwaukee from '90 to '92 ; at Wallingford, Pa. '93, and Riverton, N. J., '94-'95. 
He became professor of Theology and Pedagogy in the Assembly Bible and 
Training School and professor of Bible history in Fredericksburg College, both 
at Fredericksburg, Va. He was superintendent of the Bible Institute at Nash- 
ville, Tenn., and pastor of the McNeill Memorial Church there in 1899. 

In 1900 he went to Palestine, and from 1901 to 1907 he was director of 
Extension Teaching in the Union Theological Seminary, New York, and from 
1902 to 1907 he was lecturer on Biblical Literature at the Teachers' College 
of Columbia University. From 1907 to 191 1 he has been lecturer in Biblical 
Literature, and English Extension Teaching in Columbia University. 

He belongs to the Religious Education Association, the Presbyterian Church 
Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, the National Geographic Society, 
the Free and Accepted Masons, and Theta and Chi Alpha, two local ministers' 
clubs. He is an independent Democrat, and is as fond of golf now as he used 
to be of football. 

He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Nashville in 1901. 

He was married to Miss Alice Austen, of Glencoe, Md., June 28, 1888, and 

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has two children : Genevieve Austen, born September 22, 1894, and Edward 
Austen, born March 30, 1896. Genevieve attends the Fawcett-Hodge School, 
New York, and Edward is at Hackley School, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

"Dick" has attended all the class reunions, except the first, and many of the 
informal reunions in New York. 



J. PARKE HOOD. 

Hood died at his home in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, on March 17, 1904. He 
suffered from an attack of pneumonia, from which he was unable to recover. 

Hood came to Princeton in September '82, and left college in June '84. He 
was with us just long enough to endear himself to all of us. He never lost 
interest in his college or his classmates, and frequently returned to Princeton. 
He was connected, after leaving college, with the Philadelphia & Reading Coal 
and Iron Co., at Pottsville, Pa., and then returned to Philadelphia to become 
paying teller of the Union Trust Co. He was with that company for seven 
years, and for six years with the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad, of which 
he was Secretary and Treasurer, with offices at Philadelphia. At the time of 
his death he was treasurer of the Consolidated Lake Superior Co. 

On April 15, 1891, he was married to Miss Emily Baird Thompson, at 
Pottsville, Pa., who, with four children, survives him: John Parke, Jr., born 
April 21, 1893; Sidney, born June 2, 1896; James Gowan, born December 27, 
1899; Heber Thompson, born April 13, 1904. 

Parke, Jr., has been at work for more than a year. It was hoped to send 
him to Princeton when he got through school, but he has a very good position 
in the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pottsville and is perfectly happy. Sidney, 
the girl, is at the Wissahickon Heights School. Gowen is at the Chestnut Hill 
Academy. He is quite a student and an omnivorous reader, and he will reach 
Princeton in due time. Heber is at the "Mount Airy School" or Kindergarten, 
too young, as yet, to think of college. 

"Hoody" was a member of the Princeton Clubs of New York and Phila- 
delphia; The University Club of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Cricket Club, 
and the Mt. Airy Country Club. 



JAMES HAYS HORNER. 

"Jim" was born in Allegheny County, Pa., October 10, 1864, son of Thomas 
D. Horner and Mary A. Horner. He went to school at Cheshire, Conn., entered 
Princeton "Scientif" in September '82 and left in September '84 to go into the 
coal mining business. Since 1893 he has been in the insurance business in 
Pittsburg. "Jim" comes on to New York once in a while and always receives 
a warm welcome from '86. 

He was married October 11, 1888 to Miss Laura Moye. They have no 
children. 

WALTER BUTLER HOWE. 

Walter was born on September 2, 1865 at Princeton, son of Edward Howe 

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and Hannah T. Butler. His brother, Edward, is in the class of '90. He went to 
the Princeton "Prep" School and Greylock Institute, South Williamstown, Mass., 
entering Princeton "Scientif" in September '82 and leaving in May '84. 

He was with the Princeton Bank for a while and from '85 to '93 was 
with the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co. From 1895 to 1904, he 
was in the export business with "Senator" Baucus, in New York. Walter's 
headquarters for several years have been in Princeton, his old home, where he 
is in the real estate and insurance business on Nassau Street. 

Walter was married in New York City May 28, 1895 to Miss Annie 
Jewett Collins. 

WILLIAM HERBERT HUDNUT. 

"Huddy" was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 24, 1864, a son of Alex- 
ander Hudnut and Marie Louise Parker. He was prepared for college at 
Phillips Exeter, class of '84, entered Princeton in '82, and was graduated in 
'86 with the degree of A.B. 

On leaving college he entered the Seminary but was obliged to leave on 
account of illness. He returned, however, and remained in the Seminary two 
years, finally graduating at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. He 
was ordained in 1890, and served as Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of 
Port Jervis, N. Y., from July '90 to July '95 ; then in July '99 he was called to 
the First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, O., the oldest church of any 
denomination on the Western Reserve, and is still there. His church is now 
raising money for the building of a parsonage, and has already secured $10,000. 

He was married June 25, 1890 at Northampton, N. Y. to Miss Harriet 
Beecher and has five children: Dorothy, born June 22, 1891 ; Marjorie, born 
December 27, 1892; Herbert, born February 4, 1894; Ella Katherine, born 
October 26, 1895, and William Herbert, Jr., born May 29, 1905. Marjorie 
is at Miss Dana's School, Morristown, N. J.; Herbert enters Princeton and 
will be a member of the Class of '15; and Katherine of the Class of '17 at 
Wellesley. 

"Huddy" writes: 

There is little to tell. The record is to be filled in chiefly with hard work and the 
joys of my home life. For almost twelve years now I have had the responsibility for 
a large and exacting parish. During that time the city has about doubled its popula- 
tion. I have tried to be a citizen as well as a minister and have given freely of my 
time and strength in furthering all organizations and movements that make for 
civic betterment. For several years past I have had an assistant. I am a member of 
the Mahoning Golf Club and have been greatly benefitted in body if not in dis- 
position by attempting an impossible bogey. Two years ago the church sent my 
wife and me for a summer abroad. We visited Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, 
England and Scotland. 

Hudnut received the degree of D.D. from the University of Wooster, 
Wooster, O., in 1906. 



OTIS L. JACOBS. 

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the caecum, after a long and trying illness. At the time of his death, he was 
Principal of the York High School. 

Jacobs was born in York, Pa. on March 15, 1862. After leaving college, 
he taught in Central Pennsylvania College, New Berlin, Pa., where he was 
professor of mathematics, and vice-president of the institution. He then be- 
came Vice-Principal of the High School in York, and later Principal, which 
position he held at the time of his death. Some idea of his standing in the 
community may be gathered from the following comment in The York Daily: 

The death of Professor Jacobs removes a most estimable and able educator from 
the public schools of York. He was thoroughly earnest and active in advancing 
the interests of the schools, as well as those of the students under him ; and he daily 
mingled the influences and examples of a noble Christian character with his work 
and duties. Coming here in 1887 as assistant principal upon the retirement of ex- 
County Superintendent Brenneman, he soon won the respect and affection of the 
various classes of the High School and held them ever after in increasing degree 
and confidence as assistant first, and afterwards as principal. Prof. Jacobs' intel- 
lectual and professional gifts were many and of a high order that revealed a ripe 
and scholarly mind. When Prof. Shearer retired from the principalship, he was 
succeeded by Prof. Jacobs, who had by his excellent work as assistant meanwhile 
demonstrated his professional capacities. Since then, year after year, he had been 
bringing the High School to a new and higher standing among educational institu- 
tions, and if his life had been spared he would have accomplished other great things 
for its good, growth and usefulness. 

He was an active member of the United Evangelical Church, and local 
preacher in that body. He was also active in Christian Endeavor work. 

The funeral of Prof. Jacobs was one of the largest ever held in York. 
Two services were held, one for the family and the public, the other for the 
school teachers and scholars. The burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery. 

Jacobs was married November 24, 1887, to Miss Nellie Madge, of Balti- 
more, who died in 1892. He left two boys: Paul Burke, born June 12, 1889, 
and Oscar Madge, born January 16, 1892. Paul graduated from the York 
High School in 1906, and from Penn. State College in 1910. He is now em- 
ployed as a chemist for the Davis Coal and Coke Company, at Thomas, W. Va. 
Oscar is a graduate of the High School in Brooklyn, N. Y., and has now (1910) 
entered on a course in a medical and surgical school in Brooklyn. His address 
is No. 525 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn. They are both healthy and stout boys, 
according to their grandfather. 



CHARLES ALBERT JAGGAR. 

"Jag" was born at Southampton, L. L, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1862, son of Albert 
Jaggar and Maria Pelletreau. He was prepared for college at Genessee Wes- 
leyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., and spent freshman and sophomore years at Ober- 
lin College, entering Princeton in the junior class, fall of '84. He was gradu- 
ated with the degree of A.B., and received the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. in '88. 

From Sept. '86 to June '89 he was a post-graduate at Princeton, taking 
special courses under Dr. McCosh. From Sept. '89 to Sept. '92 he was principal 
of the Glenwood Collegiate Institute at Matawan, N. J., and from Sept. '92 to 
June '93 he was professor of mathematics and science at Parson's College, 

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Iowa. From Dec. '93 to April '94 he was a student at Berlin University. In 
Nov. '94 he bought The Seaside Times at his old home in Southampton, of which, 
as he says, he is now "editor, proprietor, business manager, sole owner, general 
utility man and devil — that sterling and stirring journal; advertising rates on 
application." 

He was married at Southampton June 9, 1887, to Miss Anne Halsey White 
and has two daughters: Mary Pelletreau, born Jan. 14, 1889, and Gertrude 
Elizabeth, born June 3, 1894. Mary was graduated from Oberlin in 1910 and is 
now teaching at Jamestown, N. Y., and Gertrude is at Southern Seminary, 
Buena Vista, Va. 

HENRY WYNANS JESSUP. 

"Cadav" was born in Beirut, Syria, Asia, on January 20, 1864, a son of the 
Rev. Dr. Henry Harris Jessup and Caroline Bush. His father was for many 
years a leading Presbyterian missionary in Syria. The son was educated at 
Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y., and with his brother Will, entered Princeton 
in Sept. '82, and was graduated with the degree of A.B. in '86, receiving that of 
A.M. three years later. 

He studied law in the office of the late Noah Davis and attended the Law 
School of the New York University, receiving the degree of LL.B. in 1888, and 
LL.M. in 1892. He became a member of the faculty of the Law School in 1891, 
but resigned two years later to become a law partner of Noah Davis. When 
Judge Davis retired Jessup went into partnership with David Bennett King for 
four years and since then he has been practicing alone. 

Jessup is the author of a recognized and standard treatise on "Law & Prac- 
tice in Surrogates' Courts", which has run through three editions. He has been 
a member for three years of the Presbyterian Supreme Court, known as the 
Permanent Judicial Commission of the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. A. He 
is an elder in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, and of the 
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. He says he is "still a Republican in 
spite of Roosevelt", and he was the original proposer of Wilson Farrand as the 
successor of Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton. He is a lecturer on 
legal ethics before the Dwight Alumni Association of New York, Union Uni- 
versity Law School and the Educational Alliance. He is a member of the Cen- 
tury Club of New York and the Authors' Club of London, "by virtue of sundry 
publications of a fugitive character". 

He writes ; 

I had a delightful visit recently (Dec. 1910) from Vanneman, who is a medical 
missionary at Tabriz, Persia, with whom my brother Frederick '97 lives. Profes- 
sionally, I have had an interesting life. I studied law with Hon. Noah Davis, who 
gave me this advice: "Settle every case you can, but if you fight, fight like hell". 
Pursuant to this advice I have settled over 90 per cent of all matters entrusted to me. 

Jessup was married to Mary Hay Stotesbury, of Philadelphia, on October 
15. 1889, at West Chester, Pa., and has five sons: Henry Herbert, born Feb. 18, 
1891 ; Theodore Carrington, born Feb. 28, 1892; John Butler, born Sept. 15, 
1894; Philip Caryl, born Jan. 5, 1897, and Richard Stotesbury, born Oct. i, 1907. 

Jessup says that he finds Princeton "too costly to send my five boys there". 

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Herbert is in Columbia, class of 1913; Theodore in Hamilton, class of 1914, and 
John and Philip are at Ridgefield School, Ridgefield, Conn. 

Jessup recently won out in the so-called Westminister Church cases, in 
which he succeeded in establishing the denominational trust in the property of 
dissolved Presbyterian churches. It was a new question in New York and at 
first he was beaten in the lower courts. The case will be as important among 
ecclesiastical cases as the case of the Walnut Street Church in Kentucky. 



WILLIAM JESSUP. 

"Will" was born in Syria, Asia, April 26, 1862, son of the Rev. Dr. Henry 
Harris Jessup and Caroline Bush. He went to the Academy at Albany, N. Y., 
entered Princeton in the fall of '82, was graduated as A.B. in '86 and received 
the degree of A.M. in '89. 

The first year after graduation, he was engaged in preparing boys for college 
— tutoring. Then he entered the Seminary and after a full course he was 
ordained and accepted by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions as a mis- 
sionary and assigned to Syria, where he was born. He has been in Syria ever 
since and has been visited there by his brother Harry, Hugh Hodge and "Davy" 
Milton. He has returned to this country frequently and a number of the Class 
have had the pleasure of meeting him at Harry's house or elsewhere. 

He writes as follows : 

The field in which I work involves the supervision of 40 widely scattered schools 
(including examinations), the pastoral oversight of 30 churches and the accounts of 
the Mission, which are intricate owing to the number of salaries and the necessity 
of dealing with them in Turkish currency, and with the Board in American currency. 

I am practically legal adviser of our converts and have to assert and protest their 
rights in the native courts. I have to preach and teach, to baptize and to bury, to 
counsel and correct, to ride hundreds of miles on horseback and I have recently been 
put in charge also of the large boys' school at Sug el Gharb. 

There are a number of Princeton men out here, and occasionally we re-une. 

Wish I could be with the fellows at the quarter-centennial. God bless you all. 
Give my love to everyone. May each of the '86 throw a man's weight into the scale 
for betterment ! 

"Will" was married on October 19, 1890, to Miss Faith Jadwin, of Brooklyn, 
N. Y., and has four daughters: Theodosia Davenport, born March 17, 1892, at 
Zahleh, Syria ; Elizabeth Palmer, born June 18, 1894, at Aaleih ; Helen Butchart, 
born Aug. 27, 1895, at Zahleh ; Faith Jadwin, born Sept. 18, 1902, at Aaleih. A 
son, Henry Harris, born Oct. '97, died July 5, '98. Theodosia is a sophomore 
at Vassar, and the other daughters are at the Faculty School at Beirut, Syria. 



ROBERT C. JOHNSTON. 

"Mud" was born in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Nov. 4, 1863, a son of Benjamin 
W. Johnston and Maria Crawford Johnston. He prepared for college at "C. C. 
I.", New Haven, Conn., entered Princeton in Sept. '82, and was graduated with 
the degree of A.B. in '86, receiving also the degree of "M. U. D." cum laude. 

After leaving Princeton and the "Goldie Club" "Mud" went to Deadwood, 
S. Dakota, and read business law. From '87 to '89 he was busy "travelling". 



Then he became connected with the Hollidaysburg Iron & Nail Co. In Dec. 
'91 he was the victim of an explosion which severely burned his face and his 
head. While he was recuperating he read law and was admitted to practice in 
Blair County, Pa. From 1898 to 1908, he lived in Sheffield, Ala., and became a 
director and finally president of the Sheffield Rolling Mill, which in September 
1908 became involved in bankruptcy. Since then "Mud" says he has been 
"recovering" and he describes himself as a manufacturers' agent. 

Those who knew "Mud" in college — and who didn't? — will be astonished to 
learn that he has been clerk of the Presbyterian Church at Sheffield — which is 
"going some!" He is also superintendent of the Sunday School, which is as 
gratifying as it is surprising and remarkable. 

"Mud" was married on June 29, 1897 to Miss Delia B. Patterson, of Holli- 
daysburg, Pa. He has no children. 



FRANCIS FISHER KANE. 

Kane was born in Philadelphia, June 17, 1866, a son of Robert P. Kane, 
and Elizabeth F. Kane, a descendant of the famous Arctic explorer, Elisha 
Kent Kane. He was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., entered 
Princeton in '83 and was graduated in '86 with the degree of A.B., subse- 
quently receiving the degree of A.M. 

After graduation he studied law at the University of Pennsylvania and 
read law under George Tucker Bispham in the office of McVeagh and Bis- 
pham. In President Cleveland's second term he was appointed Assistant United 
States Attorney in Philadelphia, and held that office during the following ad- 
ministration of President McKinley. Then he went into partnership with the 
Hon. James M. Beck and D. Stuart Robinson, under the firm name of Beck, 
Robinson & Kane (Mr. Beck becoming later Assistant Attorney General of the 
United States.) 

Francis has been active and prominent in the Democratic politics of Phila- 
delphia and Pennsylvania and was a candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, but 
was defeated by the Republican nominee, Mr. Weaver. He was a delegate to 
the Democratic National Convention of 1904. He says: "I am a Democrat 
with strong Mugwump proclivities — Gold Democrat. I voted for the two 
amiable old gentlemen in 1896, and did not vote in 1900. I am a crank in the 
matter of municipal politics ; a rabid anti-Imperialist ; generally 'agin' the Gov- 
ernment". 

He belongs to the Princeton, University and University Barge Clubs of 
Philadelphia and is not married. "No hope of anything different in this life as 
I am now old and very bald. Had I my life to live over again, ah ! then it 
might be otherwise!" 

Kane writes : 

My father is dead and I live with my mother. I take inexpressibk pleasure in 
seeing old classmates. When they come to Philadelphia if they knew what a favor 
they conferred, they would come oftener. My office and telephone number are "in 
the book" and at either place one and all of the old class are and will be while I 
live, most welcome. 



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WILLIAM DICKEY KEARNS. 

(From the Class Record, "After Fifteen Years") 
"Birdie" Kearns died of pneumonia at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, April 
13, 1900, after an illness of less than one week. The notice of his death was 
a great shock to his friends, as it was the first intimation they had of his 
sickness. He was buried on Sunday, April 15, 1900, Dr. W. J. Raid, pastor of 
the First United Presbyterian Church, conducting the services. Among the 
pallbearers were three of his classmates, R. D. Totten, J. J. Lawrence and Dr. 
J. P. Shaw. His mind was perfectly clear until the last. A few moments 
before he died he asked the nurse about his pulse and temperature, and on re- 
ceiving her reply, he said: "I cannot live much longer at that rate." 

William Dickey Kearns was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, October 31, 
1865, the son of James Dickson and Mary (Ballantine) Kearns. His paternal 
grandfather, William Kearns, came to America from the north of Ireland, and 
his paternal grandmother, Mary Campbell, was a native of Paisley, Scotland. 
On his mother's side, both the Ballantines and Wallaces were Scotch. He was 
prepared for college in Newell's Institute, Pittsburg, and was graduated from 
Princeton in the Class of 1886. After a year spent in the drug business in 
Pittsburg, he began the study of medicine under Joseph N. Dickson, M.D., of 
Pittsburg, and in 1888 entered the Medical Department of Columbia University, 
New York City, graduating from that institution in the Class of 1891. For 
the year following his graduation he occupied the position of resident physician 
in Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg, and since 1892 had been engaged in the private 
practice of his profession in that city. He was examining surgeon of recruits 
for the regular army during the Spanish-American War, and was surgeon to 
Passavant Hospital in Pittsburg at the time of his death. His professional 
career was remarkably successful, and his skill as an able diagnostician was 
acknowledged by all. 

"Birdie" is another of the old guard to be removed from the ranks of 
'86 by death. His genial humor, his alertness of mind, his unfailing love for 
'86 and Princeton endeared him to every member of his Class. He will be 
sorely missed, for at all the reunions he was a conspicuous and beloved figure. 



ALFORD KELLEY. 

Kelley was born in Baltimore, Md., April 6, 1859, son of William Herod 
Kelley and Agnes Stewart. He was prepared at Baltimore City College and 
by private tutor, entered Princeton in September '81 with the Class of '85, drop- 
ped into '86 and received the degree of A.B. 

He entered the Seminary and received the degree of A.M. after graduating 
from the "Sem". He filled pastorates at Nicholson, Pa., '89-^90 ; Mooredale, 
Pa. '90-'93; Frazer, Pa., '93 to '05, and Erie, Pa., 'o6-'o7. In 1905 he was 
Moderator of the Chester Presbytery, commissioner to the General Assembly, 
and associate editor of the Pennsylvania State Prohibition paper. He is now 
with the Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League and is superintendent of the Harris- 
burg district of twelve counties. He is not married. 

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HENRY LAWSON KEMPER. 

"Harry" entered Princeton in September '82 and left in June '84. He 
was born in Cincinnati, O., January 31, 1863, a son of Henry L. Kemper and 
Elizabeth M. Kemper. He prepared for college at the White & Sykes School, 
now Franklin School, at Cincinnati. 

On leaving college "Kemp" went into the banking business with the Com- 
mercial Bank of Cincinnati, and since then has had several positions with 
various banks. He is now cashier of the Commercial Bank of San Luis Obispo, 
Cal. He has never lost his interest in Princeton or '86, and came back for the 
sexennial and decennial. 

He was married on December 24, 1894, at New Brunswick, N. J. to Miss 
Clara V. D. R. Runyon and has two children: Warren R. Kemper, born July 
21, 1895, and Cornelius R. Kemper, born September 20, 1897. Both children 
are being educated in the public schools, and Warren expects to go to Exeter 
to prepare for Princeton. 

"Harry" writes: 

Harry Hilliard, too, is here, pastor of our Presbyterian Church, and I try to 
assist him in his duty as pastor and preacher by singing in the choir. He is so loyal 
to his Alma Mater, even in the pulpit, that it would not surprise me at any time 
to have him announce: "We will all now join in singing all the verses of 'Old 
Nassau' ", and had we won the football game it might have been : "Whoop her up 
for '86". But I am just as loyal, and if he ever does make such an announcement, 
I shall "line up" and sing with all my heart. 



HENRY GUMMING LAMAR. 

"Tilly" Lamar died on March i, 1891, near Augusta, Ga. He had gone 
out rowing in the canal with Miss Louise King Connelly, to whom he was engaged, 
for the purpose of seeing the effects of a recent flood. The boat was caught 
in the tremendous current, the oar was pulled under the side of the boat, which 
overturned and plunged Miss Connelly and "Tilly" in the water. "Tilly" went 
under and never came up again. The force of the current was so great that 
his shoulder was broken, by being dashed against the Iron bars of the wier. 
Miss Connelly was drowned almost as quickly. The current was soon shut off 
and both bodies were recovered. 

The frightful accident cast a gloom over the entire community, where 
both of the young people were so well known. Miss Connelly was the eldest 
daughter of Mr. John B. Connelly, of Augusta. She was a granddaughter of 
the late John P. King. She was twenty-one years of age and was educated at 
the school of Mrs. Sylvanus Reed, in New York, and is described as a beautiful 
young woman, of charming and delightful character. She completed a course 
of study in Paris where she lived with her aunt, the Marchioness of Anglesey. 
Miss King inherited a fortnue of $500,000 a few months before her death. 

On March 13, both Miss King and "Tilly" were buried. The funeral of 
"Tilly" took place in the afternoon at the Church of the Good Shepherd, in 
Augusta, the Rev. W. M. Walton officiating, assisted by the Rev. C. C. Wil- 
liams. "Tilly" was buried in the beautiful cemetery of Summerville, by the 
side of his father, mother and brother, Paul Cazenove Lamar '89. 

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"TiLLv" Lam; 



"Tilly" Lamar was bom on October 4, 1865, the eldest son of the late 
Derosset Lamar, a member of the well-known Southern family of that name, 
and a nephew of the Hon. Joseph B. Gumming, from whom he got his middle 
name. He came to Princeton in September '82, and from that time on his 
undergraduate life became a part of the history of Princeton. He played on 
his class football teams for two years, and in 1883, he became a half-back on 
the 'Varsity team when "Alex" Mofifat was captain. From that time on he 
was a member of the 'Varsity, and his brilliant playing on the team, his 
wonderful dodging, his splendid drop-kicking and punting, his fearless courage 
in offense and defense, and his marvelous ability to score, will never be for- 
gotten in the history of Princeton football. In the year of '84 he scored seven 
touchdowns, and in the fall of '85, he made himself forever immortal at 
Princeton, by his marvellous touchdown in the game against Yale at New 
Haven on November 21st, when by a long run down three-quarters of the 
field, eluding or dashing through three-quarters of the Yale team, he turned 
defeat into victory and gave to Princeton the football championship of 1885. 

That victory doubly endeared "Tilly" to the college and to his class. He 
remained, however, the same, quiet, unassuming, polite and attractive under- 
graduate he had always been. 

After graduation, he returned to his home in Augusta, went into the hard- 
ware business for a short time, and then in April 1887, he became connected 
with the Augusta Cotton Factory. In 1889 he went to Nicaragua with Miss 
Connelly's father to settle there, but was obliged to return to this country, on 
learning of the serious illness of his brother Paul. This illness terminated in 
Paul's death, and "Tilly" continued to live in Summerville, a suburb of Augusta, 
up to the time of his tragic death. 

"Tilly" is survived by his sister, who is the wife of General William P. 
Duval, recently in command of the United States Military forces in the Philip- 
pines. 



ADRIAN HOFFMAN LARKIN. 

"Sal" entered Princeton in September '82 and dropped into '87 in '83, on 
account of illness. He was captain of the 'Varsity nine in his Senior year. 
"Sal" is, of course, thoroughly identified with '87, but '86 still has a soft spot 
for him and a warm welcome when he wants to join us. "Sal" is a successful 
lawyer in New York and is a member of the well-known firm of Joline ('70, 
who married "Sal's" sister) Larkin & Rathbone. He has been very successful 
at the law, is a well-known golfer, and has made thoroughly good. 

He married Miss Katherine B. Satterthwaite, of Nutley, N. J., and has 
two children: Sarah E., and James S., who is a student at Morristown School, 
bound for Princeton. 

"Sal" belongs to the Racquet, University, Princeton, Down Town, Brook 
and Garden City Golf Clubs. He had two brothers in Princeton: Francis 
'79, and John '82. 

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JAMES B. LAUGHLIN. 

"Jimmy" was born in Pittsburg, Pa. on August 20, 1864, son of Henry 
A. Laughlin and Alice Deniston. He was educated at Isaac Koontz School, 
Pittsburg, and entered Princeton in September '82. 

Since leaving college, most of "Jim's" life has been devoted to the steel 
business with the well known steel firm of Jones & Laughlin, of Pittsburg, one 
of the largest steel concerns of the world. In this firm he has occupied many 
important positions during the last twenty-five years, having served as a director 
and as treasurer. The latter office he resigned on January i, 1910. 

He is president of the Pittsburg & Lake Angeline Iron Co., vice-president 
of the South Side Trust Co. of Pittsburg and vice-president of the Lake Superior 
& Ishpeming Railway Co. 

"Jimmy" was married on October 10, 1888 to Miss Clara B. Young, daughter 
of William Wallace Young, of Pittsburg. He has three children, two boys and 
a girl: Ledlie Irwin, born April 26, 1890; Henry A., born March 18, 1892, 
and Alice D., born October 19, 1895. Both the boys went to St. Paul's School, 
Concord, N. H. Ledlie is now (1911) in the Junior class, 1912, and Henry is 
in the Freshman Class, 1914. Alice is in school at Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 

JOHN J. LAWRENCE. 

"Jay" was born in Huntington, Pa., October 5, 1865, son of John J. Lawrence 
and Anna E. Lawrence. A brother, William W. Lawrence, president of the 
National Lead Company, is a member of the class of '78. "Jay" prepared at the 
Western University of Pennsylvania, entered Princeton in '82 and graduated 
with the degree of B.S. 

"Jay" went into the paint business with his brother in the firm of W. W. 
Lawrence & Co., Pittsburg, and he has been in that business ever since, with 
an occasional venture in gold mining. He has been back for every reunion since 
graduation. 

He was married at Cincinnati, O., on October 19, 1892, to Miss Clara Louise 
Andrews, and has four children, two boys and two girls: Louise, born October 
17, 1893; John J., born October 15, 1895; William W., born May 9, 1897, and 
Miriam, born February 2, 1899. Louise goes to Westover School in Connecticut ; 
John is in Lawrenceville, Class of 1913; and the other two children are at the 
Alleghany "Prep" School. 

ROBERT LINCOLN LEE. 

"Bob" was born in New York City, son of William H. Lee and Louise M. 
Northam. He was educated at Cutler's School, New York City, entered Prince- 
ton in the "Scientif" School in '82 and left in the spring of '83. 

From '83 to '95 he was engaged in cattle raising in Montana. From '95 
to '02 he was a partner in the well known firm of Tweedy & Co., importers and 
jobbers in New York. While in Montana "Bob" was manager of Lee Bros, 
cattle ranch at Birney and later President of the Birney Land & Live Stock Co. 

He was married in June 1897 to Miss Josephine Clairborn Wilson at 
Roanoke, Va. He belongs to the Racquet and Ardsley Clubs and is a veteran 
of Squadron A. 




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JOHN S. MCADAM. 

"Mac" was born at Newport, R. I., October 6, 1861, a son of Samuel Mc- 
Adam and Margaret C. McTaggart. He prepared at Roger High School, 
Newport, entered Princeton in September '82 and was graduated A.B. 

He spent two years at Columbia Law School, was graduated and admitted 
to the bar. He practised law in New York from '88 to April 28, 1901, and 
from 1901 to November 15, 1909 he was an examiner in the Lawyer's Title 
Insurance & Trust Co. From that date to this he has been in the law firm of 
Mabbeth & McAdam. 

"Mac" was married on November 6, 1895 at Newport, R. I., to Miss 
Anna H. Crandall, and has three boys : Roger W., born March 24, 1900 ; and 
John S. Jr., and Wilham C, TWINS, born November 25, 1901. The boys 
attend the public schools of Kearney, N. J., and "Mac" says they are "booked 
for Princeton". 



JAMES WALLACE MC ALPIN. 

"Mac" was born on April 24, 1865 at Savannah, Ga., son of James Wallace 
McAlpin and Marie Sophia Champion. He was a brother of Hon. Henry 
McAlpin '81, Judge Court Ordinary at Savannah. He prepared for Princeton 
at Virginia Military Institute, entered Princeton in the fall of '82 and left in 
Sophomore year, to the regret of all the members of the class to whom he had 
endeared himself by his charming Southern manners and his delightful person- 
ality. 

The following extract from a letter by his brother. Judge McAlpin, will 
give some idea of his career and fortunes after leaving Princeton: 

I have delayed answering your previous communication regarding "Jim" in the 
hope that I might find a photo that would do him partial justice, but I regret to say 
that I have been unable to find one. He was averse to having his picture taken and 
the only ones we have of him are in groups and most of them small kodak pictures 
that cannot be enlarged. 

"Jim", as you know, was a beautiful, manly lovable character. Honest to an 
extreme, he believed every one else equally honest, trusting everyone with a childish 
simplicity. Convivial in his love for his fellow man, he abhorred the avaricious 
greed of the business world, for to him money meant nothing. Consequently his 
inheritance was easily gotten from him. He retired to the country life which was more 
congenial than the hustle and noise of a city. He loved nature and agricultural 
pursuits. He was wonderfully clever and resourceful in mechanical construction. 
He was almost a finished carpenter and cabinet maker and invented several devices 
of mechanical usefulness, but his lack of business enterprise and push prevented his 
turning his patents to any financial profit. 

Two years before he died he met and fell in love with a high bred charming 
lady, one of the aristocratic, proud but poor families of South Carolina. This lady 
was a widow of exceedingly small means with a fascinating little family of two 
sons and two daughters. "Jim's" love was reciprocated, and before marrying her he 
concluded he would build his own nest as he was too proud to go to her home 
which she owned. He had practically no means to expend on the erection of a home 
such as he thought suitable for his wife and like the pioneers of this country he went 
into the forest, felled the virgin trees, squared the logs for the framework, purchased 
the lumber and nails, and with his own hands, assisted only by an ignorant day laborer, 
built one of the most comfortable, convenient, artistic and attractive homes I have ever 
seen. Here on the bank of a bold salt river, nestled amid a grove of splendid, moss- 
festooned oaks, he took his proud and loving wife in September 1909. They were per- 

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fectly happy and congenial. Both loved the country and knew the name and 
liature of every sprig and plant and it appeared to us that loved them both that this 
union would produce not only supreme happiness and contentment but perhaps wealth, 
certainly prosperity. God ordained otherwise. In February he developed marked symp- 
toms of kidney trouble and by June he was placed in bed in a hospital in this city. 
Although everything was done for him, known to medical science, that might relieve 
him, still it was ordained otherwise and he passed into the great beyond on the pth day 
of August, less than a year from his wedding day. 

"Jim" lived at Lindon Plantation, Bluffton, S. C. and was a planter there, 
as he had been since he left college. 

He was married on September 19, 1909 to Mrs. Catherine Bostick Jones, 
who had four children by her first husband, two boys and two girls ranging from 
16 to 2 years of age. 



GEORGE BRINTON MC CLELLAN. 

George was born on November 23, 1865 at Dresden, Germany, where his 
parents were temporarily residing. He is the only son of General George B. 
McClellan and Ellen M. Marcy. He was educated at St. John's School, Sing 
Sing, New York, entered Princeton in '82 and was graduated in '86 with the 
degree of A.B. Later he received the degree of A.M. in '89; the honorary de- 
gree of LL.D. from Princeton in 1905; the same degree from Fordham Uni- 
versity in 1905 and from Union College in 1906. 

After graduation, George travelled in Europe and remained there for two 
years. From February '88 to October 12, '99 he did newspaper and editorial 
work for The New York Journal and The World. Later he became assistant 
to the financial editor of The Herald and eventually its railroad editor. He 
studied law one year at the Columbia Law School and was admitted to the bar 
in June 1892. 

From October 12, 1889 to January i, 1893, he was treasurer and auditor 
of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. On January i, 1889, he was appointed 
by Governor Hill an aide-de-camp on his staff, with the rank of Colonel. From 
January i, 1893 to June i, 1895, George was elected president of the Board of 
Aldermen of New York, on the Tammany ticket with a plurality of 78,210, the 
largest plurality ever given up to that time for any candidate for public office 
in the City and County of New York. 

George was elected to the 54th Congress as a Democrat in March 1895, 
and reelected to the 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th Congresses, serving in all for ten 
years. While in the House of Representatives he made an excellent record, 
serving on the Ways and Means Committee, the most important committee of the 
House. He resigned from the House in December 1903 after he had defeated 
Seth Low, Mayor of New York, who was a candidate for re-election, by more 
than 62,000 plurality. He was re-elected Mayor in 1905, when he was victor- 
ious over William M. Ivins and William R. Hearst, by a handsome vote. George 
served the City as Mayor until January i, 1910, when he declined a re-nomina- 
tion. His career as Mayor of New York is a matter of record, and it reflected the 
highest credit upon him as a public official of honor, integrity, distinction, and 
value — giving New York an administration honorable alike to him, to his class 
and to his college. 





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Mac Laren 





On June 1905, the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by 
Princeton and he was presented to President Wilson as a candidate for this 
honor in these words: 

"George Brinton McClellan, a graduate of Princeton University in the Class 
of 1886, for ten years a member of the national House of Representatives and 
now Mayor of the City of New York. Entering young and untried into public 
life, it soon became evident that he was under the guiding influence of a sense 
of responsibility in public service, and that he knew this involved patient study 
and a willingness to acquire slowly, if need be, knowledge and familiarity with the 
people's needs. Winning by this conservative course the increasing confidence of 
his constituents and fellow members, he soon attained recognition as an influen- 
tial, able, conscientious and fearless legislator. As Mayor of our metropolitan 
city he has repeated with emphasis his earlier record of these sterling qualities 
in a larger way as an officer of administration, and to-day, by general consent, 
stands as the best Mayor New York has known within our memory." 

On January 28, 1908, George was the guest of honor at a dinner given 
at the University Club, New York, by the American group of the Societe 
des Architects Diplomes par le Government, a club of American architects who 
have received a diploma at the ficole des Beaux-Arts. The club presented to 
the Mayor a special medal from the parent society in France with instructions 
to award it to the American layman who had rendered conspicuous service to 
the cause of architecture in this country. It was presented by the French Am- 
bassador, M. Jusserand. 

On April 20, 1909, the Princeton Alumni of New York and elsewhere gave 
a dinner in honor of the Mayor which was attended by 500 men. The dinner was 
a great success. Twenty men of '86 sat at a separate table and "whooped it 
up" for George of '86. John L. Cadwalader '56 presided, and speeches were 
made by President Woodrow Wilson '79, Job E. Hedges '84, Edmund Wilson 
'85, Attorney General of New Jersey, and by the Mayor himself. Altogether it 
was a magnificent tribute to the Mayor for what he had done and striven to do as 
the Chief Magistrate of the metropolis. 

On January 12, 1910, George and Mrs. McClellan sailed for Europe to do 
some mountain climbing in Switzerland and to tour the Continent. "I have served 
six years in the Mayor's ofiice", said he, "and ten years in Congress and what I 
need now is a good long rest". 

On his return to New York in September 1910, he took up the practice of 
law, and is associated with Eugene L. Richards, who will be remembered as one of 
Yale's half backs in the class of '85. 

George has been prominently identified with City, State and National poli- 
tics. He is a member of Tammany Hall and was a delegate to the Democratic 
National Convention in 1896. 

George is a member of the Union, Princeton, Author's and Church Clubs of 
New York, the Metropolitan, and Army and Navy Clubs of Washington, and the 
Loyal Legion and Sons of the Revolution. 

On October 30, 1889, he was married at Newport, R. L, to Miss Georgiana 
L. Hecksher, of New York. He has no children. 

He is the author of "The Oligarchy of Venice', a history, and of numerous 
magazine articles and lectures on public questions. When Grover Cleveland died 
in 1908, George succeeded him as incumbent at Princeton of the Stafford Little 

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Lectureship on Public Affairs, founded in 1899 by the late Henry Stafford 
Little '44. 

George lives in Princeton most of the year, and is now building a house there. 
He sailed for Europe in January 191 1, and will not be able to attend "Old 
Home Week". 

In the Spring of 1911, a fund, amounting to $50,000 was given to Princeton 
to establish a lectureship on public affairs, to be held by George, who will enjoy 
the income of this amount. 



SAMUEL JOHN MC CLENAGHAN. 

McClenaghan was born in Fairfield, Penn., March 17, 1862, son of Samuel 
C. and Agnes H. McClenaghan. He prepared for college at York Collegiate Insti- 
tute, York, Pa., and entered Princeton in September 1884, graduating with the 
degree of A.B. He entered the Princeton Seminary, and after graduating there, 
was settled, first, at Pleasant Grove, N. J., then as assistant to the Rev. Dr. 
James M. Ludlow '61, pastor of the Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church of 
East Orange, with special charge of the Elmwood Chapel. He remained there 
for nine years. He suffered from an attack of nervous prostration, and was 
obliged to go to Asheville, N. C. where he remained for five years, preaching at 
the Normal College at that place. Later he removed to Knoxville, Tenn., and 
became the pastor of the Fort Sanders Presbyterian Church. He is now pastor 
of the Presbyterian Church at Jamesburg, N. J. 

He has been clerk of the Presbytery, and twice Commissioner to the Presby- 
terian General Assembly. He writes : 

My work has been in quiet and inconspicuous pulpits. I never cared for honors, 
and consequently never received any. I have honestly tried to help men and women 
to a brighter and happier life and trust that I have not been wholly unsuccessful. 

McClenaghan was married on June 4, 1889 to Miss Anna B. Marsh, of 
Princeton, and has three children : Marguerite, born June 19, 1890 ; Willis, born 
July 6, 1894; Esther, born July 12, 1899. Marguerite is a graduate of Mary- 
ville College, Tenn., 1908, and of Teachers' College, Columbia University 1910. 
Willis is in the Jamesburg High School. 

JOHN W. McKECKNIE. 

"Mac" was born in Wilmington, Ohio, October 3, 1862, son of J. B. 
McKecknie and Julia McKecknie. He prepared at Wilmington College, Ohio, 
entered college in 1882 and graduated A.B. in 1886. While at Princeton he 
played on the lacrosse team. 

"Mac" went to the Columbia School of Mines and took a course in archi- 
tecture, studying also in the office of Cady, the architect. He was also connected 
vvith the Metropolitan Museum of Art, superintending the work on the Willard 
Collection of Architectural Casts. In 1896 he was abroad studying. In 1898 
he moved to Kansas City, where he is a successful architect. 

He married Lotta Hilliker, of New York, on December 6, 1900, and has a 
daughter, Mary, born in 1902. 

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McCl.ENAf.HAX 



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McKenney 



Robert J. Mathis 






CARROLL MC KENNEY. 

Carroll McKenney died at his home — his father's home — in Washington, 
D. C, on October ii, 1894. He had been abroad during the summer of 1894, 
and just before sailing for home he complained of feeling ill. His malady in- 
creased at sea, and was further aggravated by the vigorous treatment he received 
at quarantine. When he reached home on October i, it was found that he was 
suffering from typhoid fever. For ten days he sufifered uncomplainingly, and 
then the end came. 

Carroll was born in Washington, D. C, on December 31, 1865, a son of 
James H. McKenney, who has for many years been the honored Clerk of the 
Supreme Court of the United States. He was a brother of Frederick D. Mc- 
Kenney '84, and Charles A. McKenney '92. On leaving college he studied law 
and was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia in June '88. For a 
time he was a clerk in his father's office, and in 1892 he entered into the active 
practise of law with the firm of Phillips and McKenney, practising successfully 
up to the day of his untimely death. 

Carroll was greatly beloved in Washington, as he was in Princeton, because 
of his many kindly and lovable qualities. He was an enthusiastic and loyal 
Princetonian and '86 man, and he attended every reunion of his class. 

He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington. 



JOHN MCMULLIN. 

After a long illness John McMullin died of consumption in Tucson, Ariz., 
on January 8, 1903. He had fought bravely against the malady, had travelled 
throughout the country in hopes of securing relief, and even contemplated a 
trip abroad to consult with eminent specialists. His hope was a vain one, and 
despite every care and every attention, he could not avert the inevitable end. 
His wife, in writing to the Secretary of his death, said: "He always felt a 
great interest in his class and college and was going to the Reunion 'after fifteen 
years' when he was taken ill. He so often spoke of his college days, and his 
dififerent friends in '86, that I feel as if I knew them all, and shall always take 
an interest in his college. Perhaps some day my own boys may go there". 

"Mac" entered Princeton in '82 from San Francisco, he and "Jim" Adams 
being the only representatives from California. He left college in December '84 
to go into business, much to the regret of all his classmates, who admired him for 
his many fine traits of character. 

John McMullin was born in Stockton, Cal., and was thirty-seven years old at 
the time of his death. His father, Capt. McMullin, was an old Texas Ranger, 
and his mother was prominent socially in San Francisco. He was educated in 
the public schools there, and after leaving Princeton, took a trip to Europe, and 
returning to his native State, engaged in farming in San Joaquin County. He 
was elected to the Assembly from that county and took a deep interest in public 
and political afifairs. In Fresno he became president of the Fresno National 
Bank, president of the San Joaquin Ice Company, vice president and manager of 
the Fresno Canal & Irrigation Company and director and first vice-president 
of the California Raisin Growers' Association. 



The Fresno Republican had this to say of him: 

John McMuUin was one of the most respected men in Fresno. Quiet in demeanor 
and gentlemanly in al! his dealings with men, he was firm in his decisions, unalter- 
able in his purpose. He attracted men to him, and while possessing none of the cheap 
tricks of the politician, yet he could always gain the votes of his fellow men. He took 
an active interest in politics and was one of the most influential men in the councils 
of the Democratic party. On several occasions the nomination of State Senator was 
tendered him, but he declined. The only office he ever held was that of Assemblyman, 
having been elected from San Joaquin County. 

Mr. McMuUin was one of the best type of business man. Coming into a large 
inheritance, he added to that which he had. In the business community his judgment 
was frequently sought. He had a clear decisive mind, a large grasp of affairs, and 
sound sense. In all his business ventures he was successful. 

McMullin was married in Oakland, January 4, 1884 to Miss Betty Hays, 
daughter of a business associate of his father in the early days. Mrs. McMullin, 
Wxih three children survives him: John Jr., born 1890; Eliza, born 1891, and 
Harmon, born 1894. 

McMullin was buried in Rural Cemetery, Stockton. 

Mrs. McMullin, who is now Mrs. Joseph H. Norris, and lives at Oakland, 
Cal., writes that her boy, John, is in business in San Francisco; her daughter, 
Eliza, made her debut in San Francisco last year. The younger son, Hays, is 
determined to be a rancher. 



WILLIAM STEVENSON MAC LAREN. 

"Mac" was born in Princeton, January i, 1866, a son of the Rev. Donald 
MacLaren and Elizabeth Stockton Green. A brother, Malcolm MacLaren '90, 
is now professor of electrical engineering at Princeton. He was prepared for 
Princeton at Prof. Hastings's Academy in West Philadelphia, entered college 
in September '82 and was graduated with the degree of A.B. 

"Mac" entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and 
was graduated in '89 with "Buck" Bailey, "Dodo" Green and "Fe" Paton. 
Two months before graduation he received an appointment on the house staff 
of Bellevue Hospital, and he was an interne there until April 1891, when he 
went to Litchfield, Conn, to practise. A few years ago he went to Princeton, 
where he enjoys a large and successful practise. He has served on the Board 
of Health for four years, and during the year 1910 he has been physician to the 
Princeton Athletic Association, taking care of the various athletes. 

"Mac" was married on June 14, 1892 to Miss Louisa Cobane, of Skaneateles, 
N. Y. She died on July 13, 1896, leaving two children: Lydia, born June 2, 
1894, and William S. Jr., born June 16, 1896. On April 12, 1898 he was mar- 
ried to Miss Blanche Freeiuan of Philadelphia, and by her has one son, Donald 
Ross, born February 14, 1903. Lydia goes to Arlington Institute, Alexandria, 
Va., and William goes to Blair Academy, Blairstown, N. J. 

"Mac" is now a member of the '86 "bunch" at Princeton, and he always 
has a warm and hearty welcome for any member of the Class who goes back to 
the old place. 




^lAPES AND HIS TWO BOYS 



AUGUSTUS STRONG MAPES. 

"Gussie" was born in New York on August 17, 1865, son of John A. Mapes 
and Sarah S. Strong. He prepared for college at Goshen, N. Y., entered Prince- 
ton September '82, and was graduated with the degree of A.B., receiving that of 
A.M. in course later. "Gussie" was the Class Poet and the author of the 
Class Song we remember so well : 

We are gathered now together 
Our parting song to sing. 

After graduation "Gussie' studied law at Columbia and was graduated in 
the Spring of '88. He has practised law since then with his father under the 
firni name of John A. and A. S. Mapes until his father's death in February 
1907, since which time he has practised alone. 

"Gussie" has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Helen Russell 
Shipman, and they were married October 14, 1891, at Stony Ford, N. Y. She 
died October 4, 1892. On February 5, 1897 he was married to Miss Annette 
M. Stewart, of New York, and has two children: John A. Mapes, bom Febru- 
ary 5, 1898 and Douglass Stewart Mapes, born April 28, 1901. Both of the 
boys are at Riyerdale School, Riverdale, N. Y., bound for Princeton, of course. 

"Gussie" belongs to the Princeton, University, and New York Athletic Clubs, 
and invariably attends all Princeton functions, inside and outside, and especially 
'86 gatherings. 



JOHN CASS MATHIS. 

"Jack" Mathis died on December 2, 1904, at his home in Chicago as the 
result of a second operation for appendicitis. 

The funeral took place at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the burial was 
at Oakwood. 

He was born in Springfield, 111. on July 18, 1864. While in college he 
was prominent in his studies and in athletics. He played on the championship 
lacrosse team, was a Lynde debater, a managing editor of The Nassau Lit. and 
correspondent of The New York World. 

"Jack" was the first man in '86 to get married. He was married on June 
28, 1886, in Brooklyn, to Miss Marie Wyatt, by whom he had two sons : Robert 
Jennings Mathis, born January 4, 1890, now a member of the Class of 1913 
at Princeton, and John C. Jr., born August 22, 1897. In August 1896, Mathis 
began newspaper work on The Illionis State Register, of Springfield, 111., and in 
October of that year he entered the law office of Conkling and Grant. He was 
admitted to practise in November 1887. He entered actively into the National 
campaign of '88, and did excellent work for the Republican party. He opened 
a law office of his own and engaged in practise for himself until in 1889 he 
was appointed by U. S. Attorney General Miller as Assistant United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, a position which he filled with 
credit and ability. 

In 1892, Mathis accepted a position with N. W. Harris & Co., of Chicago, 
the well-knov/n brokers and dealers in municipal and corporation bonds, and 
made the law of investment securities a specialty. Three years later he left that 



firm, but continued to do much of their work, and built up an independent 
cHentage in Chicago. In 1896, he formed a law partnership with S. P. Shope, 
an ex-justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, and others, under the firm name of 
Shope, Mathis & Barritt. Later the firm became Shope, Mathis, Zane & Webe, 
and when the litigation arose over the franchises of the street railway companies 
of Chicago this firm was retained as counsel in the contest to test the validity 
of the ninety-nine year act. 

Mathis was a member of the University and Chicago Clubs. 

The older boy, Robert, is now a Sophomore at Princeton. The younger 
son "Jack" is thirteen years old, and resembles his father very much. He is in 
his last year at the Elementary School of the University of Chicago. After this 
year (1911) he expects to begin his preparation for Princeton in earnest. 

Mrs Mathis writes: "Mr. Mathis enjoyed the '86 reunions so much. He 
never missed one if he could possibly attend." 



FREDERICK G. MEAD. 

"Fred" was born at Ossining, N. Y., November 5, 1861, a son of Robert 
G. and Harriet N. Mead. He prepared for college at Marlborough Churchill's, 
N. Y., entered Princeton in 1882 and left June 1884. 

For a time Mead was a farmer or breeder, interested in the development 
of horses and dogs. In '94 and '95 he was in the contracting business. From 
1895 to 1905 he was in the employ of New York City in the Department of 
Water Supply and was at one time superintendent of the second division of the 
Croton Aqueduct. Since then Mead has been doing nothing. He is now living 
in London and writes: 

I hope to be with you in June. I am sorry that I have not kept more in touch 
with the old class, but promise to mend my ways. My family has been in Europe for 
the past six years. My girls have been studying languages and now that my younger 
girl is about through school, we intend to return to the United States in April 191 1. 

"Fred" was married to Miss Anne L. Lawrence at Paterson, N. J. on April 
28, 1887 and has two daughters : Christine, born July 28, 1890, and Mary R., 
born April 9, 1893. The younger daughter is attending school at Eastbourne, 
England. 

HARRIS CORNELL MESEROLE. 

"Mezzy" was born July 9, 1865, son of Abraham Meserole and Catherine 
M. Meserole. He prepared for college at Siglar's School, Newburgh, N. Y., 
entered Princeton with the Class of '85 in 1881, and then was graduated with the 
Class of '86, with the degree of A.B. 

Soon after graduation he became connected with the Williamsburg Fire 
Insurance Company, of New York, and was with that company for four years. 
In 1890 he went with the Manufacturers' Trust Co. of Brooklyn, which later 
lost its separate identity through merger with the Title Guarantee and Trust 
Co In 1904 he resigned to devote his attention to some tangled real estate mat- 
ters and to look after his health which has not been robust. He is leading the 
simple quiet life, looking out for his health. 



"Mezzy" has attended all reunions, big and little, of '86, and is always 
"on tiie job". He belongs to the Princeton Club of New York. He is not 
married. 

EDWARD DE JIOSS MILLER. 

Miller was born in Gerardstown, W. Va., June 12, 1862, son of William 
Smith Miller and Isabella Wilson McKeown. He prepared at Newark Academy, 
Newark, Del., entered Princeton in the fall of '83 and was graduated as A.B. 
in '86, and received the degree of A.M. in '88. Subsequently he got the degree 
of Ph.D. from Berlin University in '98. 

On graduation, he won the fellowship in philosophy and "polled" philosophy 
and German while holding the fellowship. He was in the Seminary from '87 
to '91. He was active in the ministry from 'gi to '94 and from '94 to '98 he 
was a student of philosophy in Berlin. 

The Secretary regrets to state that since that time Miller has not been in 
good health. He is living quietly at his old home. 

MARION MILLS MILLER. 

Miller was born at Eaton, O., February 27, 1864, a son of Robert Miller 
and Margaret Ann McQuiston Miller. He prepared at the Eaton High School 
and entered Princeton in September '84, receiving the degree of A.B. in 1886, 
A.M. in 1888 and Litt.D., in 1889. 

From September '86 to June '87, Miller taught in Princeton Preparatory 
School ; from September '87 to June '88 he was fellow in English at the 
college; from '88 to December '92 he was assistant professor in oratory under 
"Mary" Raymond. Since January '93 he has been "engaged in literary and 
social reform work in New York City. I have been editor of The University 
Magazine, Financial Record, Business, and The Manuscript ; literary adviser of 
Funk & Wagnalls Co., publishers, and book editor of P. F. Collier & Son." 

Miller is a Single Taxer (whatever that may be). In 1897 he was secre- 
tary of the executive committee of the Henry George campaign for mayor that 
year. In 1896 he was an independent Bryan Democratic candidate for Congress 
in the Twelfth District of New York, and was defeated by George McClellan, 
who, however, declined Miller's numerous invitations to a joint debate. 

Miller organized the Association for the Public Control of Franchises, 
which was instrumental in securing the passing through the New York Legis- 
lature of the Ford bill for the taxation of franchises. 

Miller is also engaged in the real estate business and is secretary of the 
Oak Island Beach Association at Babylon, L. I. Miller writes : 

I am a bachelor. Even as a literary father, my children are largely adopted 
ones, as my labors have chiefly been in editing works of others. Thus, from the liter- 
ary remains of Henry C. Whitney, a legal colleague of Abram Lincoln, I edited a 
two-volume life of the great President. I also edited "The Wjorks of Lincoln", (of 
which, by the way, The New York Sun said : "This selection is admirably well 
made ; with much that is familiar, there is more that has not attracted so much 
attention"). Other sets of books edited by me are "The Works of Edgar A. 
Poe", "The Nineteenth Century and After", "The Classics — Greek and Latin", Master- 
pieces of Fiction. 

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Miller is the editor-in-chief (1910) of "The Classics", a comprehensive and 
thoroughly edited selection of the Greek and Latin masterpieces of literature, 
in fourteen volumes. The work is published by Vincent Parke & Co., New 
York. Miller has translated for this work some of the poems and fragments 
of Sappho, and some of the idyls of Theocritus. Maurice Thompson, the 
Indiana poet and novelist, has declared Miller to be "the most successful of all 
translators of Greek lyric poetry." 

"I have assisted in the writing of a number of other books, the one of 
interest to Princeton men being "The Princeton Speaker", a revision of Prof. 
Raymond's "Orator's Manual". In tribute to another Princeton Professor, the 
late Samuel R. Winans, I would say that, encouraged by him, I published "The 
Sicilian Idyls of Theocritus", metrical translations, many of which were made 
while studying under him in college. This little book secured me admission to 
the Author's Club and has led to other delightful literary associations and friend- 
ships. My only other club is the Manhattan Chess." 

Miller is unmarried. 

DAVID M. MILTON. 

"Dave" was born in Kentucky, Nov. 20, 1864, entered Princeton in the Fall 
of '82 and was graduated an A.B. in '86. 

After graduation he studied philosophy and German literature at Heidel- 
berg for three years, and also studied at the College de France, Paris. Returning 
to this country in '89 he studied law at Columbia University and was in due 
course admitted to the bar. 

On March 25, 1896 at Louisville, Ky., he was married to Miss Ellen Hunt 
Fink and has three children: Albert Fink, born September 11, 1897; David M. 
Jr., born February 22, 1900, and Ellen Fink, born December 14, 1902. 

"Dave" has forsaken the law and is now a "gentleman farmer", tilling the 
soil at Pocantico Hills, where John D. Rockefeller grows. 

"Dave" writes regretfully that on account of absence abroad he will not be 
present during "Old Home Week". 

JOHN C. MONTANYE. 

Montanye came to college from Johnsville, Pa. He was born July 11, 1865, 
entered college in '82 and was graduated A.B. in '86. After graduation he was 
an assistant in the College Library and later was graduated from Columbia Law 
School. It is understood that afterwards he was involved in some trouble. In 
any event, nothing has been heard from or about him for twenty years. 

JOHN A. MONTGOMERY. 

John was born in Trenton, N. J., July 11, 1865, son of Augustus R. Mont- 
gomery and Margaret Kernochan. He was prepared for college at Trinity Mili- 
tary Institute at Tivoli-On-Hudson, N. Y., entered Princeton in '82 and was grad- 
uated an A.B. in '86. While in college the "Dude" roomed with "Shag" Congar. 

After graduation he went into the office of the Clerk of the Court of Chan- 
cery at Trenton, studied law and was admitted to the bar in June '91. In '88 
he ran for school trustee and cut down the Republican vote a good deal, but not 

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quite enough. The "Dude" is a successful practitioner at the bar, and is quite 
active in the politics of Mercer County. In September 1909 he nominated Katzen- 
bach '89 for Governor in the Democratic State Convention at Trenton, and in 
November 19 10 he was the Democratic candidate for State Senator in Mercer 
County. Although the county is normally Republican by 2500, the "Dude" made a 
fine campaign and was "licked" by only 500 votes. He says : "I have led the 
simple life, devoting my time chiefly to my profession and to my family. I be- 
lieve that "Dan" Bickham, "Jack' Mathis and I have the distinction of being the 
first '86 men to have sons at Prniceton". He might add "Jimmy" Laughlin, who 
has two boys at Princeton and Walter Hervey, also. 

The "Dude' was married at Trenton on November 19, 1891, to Miss Helen 
B. Stryker, daughter of the late General William S. Stryker '58, Adjutant Gen- 
eral of New Jersey from 1867 to 1900, and has two children : John R., born 
November 6, 1892, and Helen S., born September 6, 1894. John is now at 
Princeton in the Class of 1913, and Helen is attending private school in Trenton. 

MATTHEW H. MORGAN. 

Morgan left '86 in March '83 and was finally graduated with the Class of 
'87. The Secretary has been unable to find out anything about him. 

A. L. NELDEN. 

Nelden was with the Class until February '84. He was graduated from the 
New York Homeopathic Medical College, and since then has practised his profes- 
sion as P. T. Barnum used to practise his. He is, or was, a face specialist and 
guarantees to straighten a nose, eliminate a wrinkle, reduce the size and shape of 
an ear, or do any stunt to the human face that the patient is willing to stand for 
and pay for. That will be about all for old "Doc" Nelden. 



JOHN S. PARKER. 

Parker died suddenly on June 30, 1904, at his home in Ocean Grove, N. J. 
He was bom on August 24, 1852, and was the oldest member of the class. He was 
married when he entered Princeton, and during his college course, he served as 
minister to several Methodist Churches. He was an earnest faithful student, 
quiet in demeanor, loyal and zealous in his work. 

After leaving college, he preached as a regularly ordained minister of the 
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference, serving at different times as pastor 
of churches at Windsor, Beverly, Trenton, Turkey and Cedarville, N. J. ; Ottowa 
and Columbus, Kansas; Ashland, Hudson, West Superior and Viragua, Wis 

In May 1903, he was prostrated by the heat, and never recovered from the 
shock. He was left without an appointment in the Spring of 1904, and moved 
to Ocean Grove, where he died. 

Parker was married before he came to college to Miss Lizzie Sexton, at 
Asbury Park, N. J., on October 20, 1880. He is survived by his wife and three 
children : Alma T., and Edna H., TWINS, born Nov. 24, 1887, and Claude Wil- 
lard, born April 2, 1890. Another son, Leigh S., died at one year of age, while 
Parker was a sophomore. 



STEWART PATON. 

"Fe" was born in New York City, April 19, 1865, a son of William Paton 
and Annie S. Paton. He prepared at Wilson & Kellogg's School, New York, en- 
tered Princeton in Sept. '82, was graduated with the degree of A.B. in '86, and 
received the degree of A.M. in '89. 

He was graduated from "P. & S." New York in '89, was on the staff of 
Bellevue Hospital from '89 to '91, together with MacLaren, and was assistant 
to Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas from '91 to '93. He then studied for three years in 
the Universities of Edinburgh, Vienna, Freiburg, Berlin and Naples, making 
a specialty of nervous and mental diseases. He later became assistant associate in 
Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and was a member of the 
Lunacy Commission of Maryland, and director of the Sheppard Asylum at 
Baltimore. He resigned these positions in 1904 and went abroad to carry on 
special work and investigation in Berlin and at the Zoological Station, in Naples, 
Italy, for five years. While in Naples, he rendered distinguished and able ser- 
vice to the victims of the volcanic eruption. He returned to this country in 1909, 
and is now living at Princeton, where he is pursuing his investigations at the 
new and finely equipped Biological Laboratory. 

"Felix" was married to Frances Margaret Halsey, a sister of "R. T.", in 
Brooklyn, N. Y., on June 24, 1892, and he has three children: Frances Evelyn, 
born Sept. 1895 ; William, born 1897, and Richard Townley, born 1900. 

He is building a house at Princeton on the shores of Carnegie Lake and 
writes : "The latch string hangs on the outside of our door". 

In 1905, "Fe' published a book on "Psychiatry" which has been well received 
and highly commended. 

On March 7, 191 1, Gov. Woodrow Wilson appointed Stewart a member of 
the board of managers of the State Village for Epileptics. 



EDWARD HAMILTON PERSHING. 

"Persh" was born on January 23, 1865, at Johnstown, Pa., a son of Judge 
Cyrus L. Pershing and Mary Rogers Pershing. He is a brother of Theodore 
Pershing '85. He "prepped" at the High School of Pottsville, Pa., entered 
Princeton in the fall of '82, and was graduated with the degree of B. S. While in 
college he was the leader of the Instrumental Club. 

From '86 to '89 he taught German and mathematics at Englewood, N. J. 
He then studied medicine at P. & S. and was graduated in 1892. He entered 
the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, as a member of the staff in July 92, and 
remained there two years, when he moved to Lawrence, L. I. Since 1894 he has 
practised medicine at Lawrence and Woodmere, where he now lives. 

"Ned" was married on June 20, 1900, at Shamokin, Pa., to Miss Marie 
Antoinette Boggess. He has no children. 

He has travelled a great deal by bicycle and automobile, during his vacations, 
both here and abroad. 

He belongs to the Princeton Club of New York, the Rockaway Hunt Club 
of Cedarhurst, and has been visiting surgeon to St. Joseph's Hospital, Far Rock- 
away, and Nassau Hospital, Mineola, L. I. 



HORACE PORTER. 

Porter was born in Harrisburg, Pa., in Nov. 1864, son of General Horace 
Porter and Sophie McHarg. His father was aide and secretary to General Grant 
during the war, and recently was U. S. Ambassador to France. His brother, 
Clarence, was in '95. 

Horace, or "Laz", as he was affectionately known, was educated at Lawrence- 
ville and entered Princeton in '82. He was very prominent and popular in '86, 
during freshman year, and then he dropped into '87 with which class he was 
graduated. 

He entered the office of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and was in that 
office up to the time of his death in Sept. 1890. He is survived by his widow, 
who was Miss Adelaide Wattson, who has since married again. 



WILLIAM RANKIN. 

Rankin was born in New York City April i, 1863, son of the Rev. Dr. 
Edward E. Rankin and Emily Watkinson Rankin. He was prepared for college 
at Williston Seminary, the Hartford, Conn., public school and the Newark 
Academy. He received the degree of A.B. 

After graduation, from '86 to '87, he was a private tutor ; from '87 to '88 a 
teacher in a school at Media, Pa. ; from '89 to '90 he held the English fellowship 
at Princeton; from '90 to '91 he was in Europe; '91 to 92 he held the fellowship 
of Archaeology at Princeton. He spent a term at Harvard, and had a second 
archaeological fellowship at Princeton, '95-'96, and spent several years in Europe 
"working on the history of origins of modern plastic and graphic art as a life 
study and as a basis for criticism and projected museological work, which was 
started by the help of Princeton. I am now known as a specialist and an expert 
on internal evidence, especially by making the first attempt at a scientific esti- 
mate of early Italian pictures in America". Rankin was in Europe principally 
from 1892 to 1903, with one year, '92 to '93, teaching French and German at 
Pingry School, Elizabeth, N. J. In 1903 and 1904 Rankin lectured at Wellesley 
and Simmons Colleges, Massachusetts, and since then has been engaged m 
literary, journalistic and art expert work. He has made an international reputa- 
tion as an art expert and has published considerable original work. He writes : 

I am engaged in art-historical studies, and especially on the general theory of 
art, with the purpose of educational work in college text books. I have also been doing 
general art-e.\pert work, professionally. After finishing a book now in hand, I expect 
to do some journalism and art expert work. I am trying to escape an over-special- 
ization which is instructive, but unprofitable. I have been quite on the inside of art 
matters, in Europe and here. 

Rankin was married to Miss Carrie Louise Rundle, a sister of George Rundle, 
on June 11, 1902, at Montagu, Sussex Co., N. J., and has three daughters: Teresa, 
born Feb. 5, 1904, at South Framingham, Mass. ; Caroline Ayer, born Sept. 28, 
1905, at Richmond, Mass., and Wilhelmina, born March 10, 1908, at Elizabeth, 
N.J. 



JOSEPH POPE RANNEY. 

"Joe" was born in Newark, N. J., Feb. 20, 1865, son of Timothy Pickering 
Ranney and Anna Pope Pennington. He was educated at the Newark Academy, 
entered Princeton in September '82 and was graduated with the degree of A.B. 
in '86, later receiving the degree of A.M. 

After graduation until April 1889, he was assistant to the auditor of 
W. V. McCracken & Co., railroad builders of Wall Street, New York. From April 
1889 to March 1891 he was engaged in engineering work, chiefly railroad construc- 
tion with the Rome & Carthage Railway Co. of New York, and also in Kentucky 
and Ohio. From Nov. 1891 to Feb. 1899, he was secretary and treasurer of the 
Caledonia Mining & Manufacturing Co., and treasurer of the Chambersburg & 
Gettysburg Railroad Co., at Chambersburg, Pa. In April 1896, he was admitted 
to the Franklin County bar at Chambersburg, and became a colleague of "Snorky" 
Stewart and Walter Sharpe. He was admitted to practise in the Supreme Court 
two years later. In January 1899 he returned to New York and became secre- 
tary and treasurer of the Tidewater Building Company, a concern which, it is 
understood, is closely connected with the Astor estate and does a large part of 
its building and construction work. 

'Joe" was married on June 16, 1908, to Miss Mary G. Kintzing, of New York, 
at Buffalo, N. Y., at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. John C. Richards. He 
belongs to the Princeton Club of New York and the Cottage Club of Princeton, 
and lives at Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 

A daughter, Helen Pennington Ranney (of the Class of '86, as "Joe" puts 
it) was born March 5, 191 1. 

ALFRED N. RAVEN. 

Raven writes as follows: 

I was born on March l, 1856 in Macomb, N. Y. I prepared for college at 
Winona, Minn, and Galesville, Wiis. I entered Princeton in September '83 and left 
in March '84. After leaving Princeton I spent three years in Auburn Theological 
Seminary and was graduated from the institution. My first pastorate was at 
Elbridge, N. Y. My second pastorate was at Phillipsburg, N. J., the First Presby- 
terian Church. My third pastorate was at Mifflintown, Pa., where I also taught 
in the Mififlin Academy, Latin, French and Mathematics. 

I went to Seattle in 1900 and became pastor of the Ballard Presbyterian Church. 
In igos my health gave out and I went into the country and lived in the woods 
for five years, entirely regaining my health. 

I came out of the woods in November 1910 and have since been delivering 
lectures in different places and doing some preaching. The subjects of my lectures 
are: "The Philosophy of Happiness"; "The Home, The Bulwark of The State"; 
"Atoms as Revealing Mind". 

I attained some prominence in Pennsylvania as a lecturer before Teachers' 
Institutes. I have written a few poems, some of which have been published in 
The N'ew York Evangelist, one of which "Eternal Life" elicited high praise. It 
consists of only twenty lines. I have about ready for the press a book entitled 
"Almost a Socialist". It is intended to show that the underlying philosophy of 
Socialism is contrary to the facts of history and experience. 

I am looking for a suitable opening in the East in some church not too large. 

Last of all, but not least, I have a fine son, aged 18. He is already attracting 
attention in Seattle as a musical director. A musical festival will be held in May 

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in Seattle. There will be a chorus of l,ooo voices, led by a symphony orchestra from 
New York. Our little boy is drilling lOO voices for that festival. 

I am vigorous and hearty at 55, possessed of a fine voice for public speaking. 

Raven was married to Miss Ella S. Perry, at Oswego, N. Y., July 21, 1888, 
and has one son, Alfred Perry Raven, born May i, 1892. 

RAVEN AS AN ORATOR 
Comments on His Ability as a Lecturer 

Mr. Raven is an orator of high quality, humorous, pathetic, sincere, and always dra- 
matic. He is possessed of exceptionally graphic powers. — The Juniata Tribune. 

If ever he comes again we shall need a larger building, for the church will not hold the 
audience. — Altoona Tribune. 

Mr. Raven is perfectly at home on the platform, possessed of a large amount of 
magnetism, has a geed clear voice and is full of his subject. — Lewistown Free Press. 

A. N. Raven, the popular lecturer and teacher of Mifflintown, delivered his lecture — 
"Neglected Life Lessons" in the First Presbyterian church last Wednesday night. The 
house was crowded, and a more delightful audience never met in this town. Interest in 
the lecture never lags from beginning to close. The lecture is unique in this, that the 
"Lessons" come close home to life, and while somewhat philosophical are so developed by 
humorous stories and poems in such a way that one can never forget them. — Warren Demo- 
crat. 

Rev. A. N. Raven was one of the regular lecturers at the MifHin County Teachers Insti- 
tute, following Gen. Morgan of Alabama, and Russell Conwell of Philadelphia. He made a 
decidedly favorable impression. Mr. Raven is not content to amuse his audience, he also 
instructs them. — G. T. Cooper, Sup't of Public schools of Mifflin Co., Pa. 

TAYLOR REED. 

"Bunnie" was born at Reedsville, Pa., September 3, 1867, son of John Reed 
and Elizabeth D. Reed. He is probably the youngest man in the class. He pre- 
pared at Lewiston Academy, Lewiston, Pa., entered college in September 1892 
and was graduated with the degree of A.B., receiving that of A.M. later. 

"Bunny" won the Experimental Science Fellowship and took up his residence 
in Princeton. The second year he was tutor in mathematics, and in 1888 he be- 
came assistant to Professor Young in practical astronomy, and remained at 
Princeton until 1901. While with Professor Young he made several important 
contributions to astronomical science and achieved a reputation as an astronomer. 
Since 1901 he has been with the General Electric Company, at Schenectady, work- 
ing in the laboratory, mainly in electrical and magnetic testing of materials and 
apparatus. "Bunny" is not married. 

ARTHUR W. REMINGTON. 

Remington was born at Hillsdale, N. Y., December 13, 1863, son of George 
F. Remington and Helen W. Bullard. He prepared at Sedgwick School, Great 
Barrington, Mass., entered Princeton in September 1882 and left in June 1885. 
Later while at the Princeton Seminary he passed his senior "exams" and re- 
ceived his degree and diploma as of the Class of '86. 

After leaving Princeton, he taught at Sedgwick School, and then entered 
the Seminary in 1887. He was licensed to preach by the New Brunswick Pres- 
bytery on April 22, 1890. He has had charges in Canaan Four Corners, N. Y., 



Holyoke, and Hyde Park, Mass., the Beacon Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 
and Freehold, N. J. In 1905, his doctors ordered him away from work for a long 
rest, and with his wife he made a trip to Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, 
Italy, etc. They were away five months. "This year to avoid the danger of longer 
nerve strain and to get a fruit orchard under way, I am 'rusticating' on a New 
Hampshire hill top. I expect to return to my chosen work, the ministry, before 
another year." 

Remington was married on July 2, 1890 to Miss Mary L. Kimball at Mil- 
ford, N. H. He has no children. 

GEORGE REYNOLDS. 

George was born in Orange, N. J., May 6, 1864, son of Clinton G. Reynolds, 
'54 and Mary A. Rainsford. He entered Princeton with the Freshman Class 
and got the degree of A.B. in '86. While in college George played left field on 
the 'Varsity. 

He studied theology at the Seminary and in '87 again played on the ball nine. 
He was pastor of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church at Grand Rapids, Mich, 
from '89 to '91 ; then at Richfield Springs, New York, from '91 to '98; at Over- 
brook, Phila., succeeding "Cully" Erdman from 1898 to 1902, and at the Second 
Presbyterian Church of Kansas City, Mo., from that date to the present. 

George has received the degree of D.D. 

He was married at Grand Rapids, Dec. 20, 1892 to Miss Julia Nitchie Cobb, 
and has two children: Sanford Cobb Reynolds, born October 27, 1893, and 
Katharine Rainsford Reynolds, born May 16, 1896. Sanford takes his pre- 
liminary "exams" for Princeton in June of this year. 



EDWARD ORTH ROBINSON. 

It is with deep sorrow that the Secretary records the sudden death of "Ned" 
Robinson at his home in Pasadena, Cal., on January 7, 191 1, from an attack of 
angina pectoris. 

The first intimation the Secretary had of this untimely calamity was from the 
following letter from "Ned's" brother, William A. Robinson '81, who is head- 
master of Kennedy House at Lawrenceville School : 

M^ dear Mr. Evans. 

I am sending herewith a clipping from The Harrtshurg Patriot, announcing the 
death of my brother and your classmate, E. O. Robinson. I remember with great 
pleasure the affectionate terms in which you and Mr. Baucus spoke of Ned when I 
met you at the Princeton Club some years ago, and feel sure that this announcement 
will mean something more to you than a mere vacancy in the class roll. 

The statement as to the cause of his death was based on the first brief telegram. 
On account of the very sudden nature of the attack and the lack of any previous 
warning, it was thought best to hold an autopsy, and the trouble was found to have 
been angina pectoris. 

So far as we have been able to learn, he was apparently in his usual state of 
good health on Saturday morning and until after he came home from the office at 
three o'clock that afternoon. None of our telegrams have stated the hour of his 
death, but as the final announcement reached us soon after ten o'clock that evening, 
he must have passed away before six, possibly before five o'clock. 

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As a Princeton man, you will be interested in the following additions to the facts 
stated in the clipping. I was in '8i, my brother T. H. was in '91, and my father was 
a trustee of Princeton from 1875 to 1887. 

Yours sincerely, 

W. A. Robinson. 

The dipping to which Mr. Robinson refers reads as follows : 

DEATH OF EDWARD O. ROBINSON 

Son of Late Rev. Dr. Robinson Dies Suddenly in Pasadena 
News was received in this city yesterday of the sudden death on Saturday after- 
noon at his home in Pasadena, California, of Edward Orth Robinson. His death was 
due to angina pectoris. He is survived by his wife and one son, Harlan Baird Rob- 
inson ; by one brother, William A. Robinson, of Lawrenceville, and by one sister. 
Miss Mary B. Robinson, of Harrisburg. His wife was Mary Baird McKnight, of 
Pittsburg, whose brother, Harlan Mclvnight, is treasurer of the Pennsylvania lines 
West of Pittsburg. 

Mr. Robinson, who was the son of the late Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D., well 
known in this city as the pastor of Market Square Presbyterian church, was born 
here on May 20, 1865, in the residence on Front Street now occupied by William K. 
Alricks. After graduating from Princeton in 1886, he engaged in the banking busi- 
ness in Pittsburg and later removed to Los Angeles and thence to Pasadena. While 
in California he was connected with the William R. Staats Company, real estate 
brokers. 

He will be buried at Redlands, California, the home of the widow of his brother, 
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., who died in 1907. 

The following clipping from The Los Angeles Times, date of Januaiy 9, 191 1, 
gives a few more facts and shows the high esteem in which "Ned" was held in his 
community : 

DEATH STRn<ES POPULAR CITIZEN 

Pasadena, Jan. 9. — Business and financial circles of Pasadena and Los Angeles 
were shocked yesterday morning to learn that Edward Orth Robinson, for many 
years assistant treasurer and director of the William R. Staats Company, died at his 
home No. 255 State Street, very suddenly Saturday night of angina pectoris, a fatal 
form of heart failure. 

Six years ago Mr. Robinson came to Southern California from Pittsburgh, Pa., 
where he was engaged in the banking business with his brother under the firm name 
of Robinson Brothers. He lived for a year in Redlands, since which time he has 
resided with his wife and child in Los Angeles and Pasadena. Five years ago he 
became connected with Staats Company and was assistant manager of the Los Angeles 
office of that firm, with offices at No. 104 East Fourth Street. 

The deceased was a particularly strong and robust man and the very picture of 
good health. Sickness was a thing unknown to him and he had no warning whatever 
of the approach of death until he was suddenly stricken. 

He was born in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1865, being the son of Dr. Thomas Hastings 
Robinson of the Allegheny Theological Seminary ; graduated from Princeton in 1886 
and a post graduate of Lehigh University. Leaving college he entered the banking 
business. 

In Lehigh he was a member of the Sigma Phi fraternity and was a member of 
the University Club of Los Angeles and the Annadale Country Club. The deceased 
is survived by a widow and a small son. The funeral services will be held at the late 
residence this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be in Redlands. 

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"Ned" had already made out his answers for the Class Record, and his 
reply was forwarded after his death. He was born in Harrisburg, Pa., May 20, 
1865, son of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Hastings Robinson and Mary Wolf Buchler. 
He was prepared for college at Harrisburg Academy, entered Princeton in 1882, 
and got his A.B. in 1886. While in college he was universally esteemed and be- 
loved for his many social qualities and his cheerful and happy disposition. 

From 1886 to 1888 he was a clerk in the Pittsburg Tube Works. In January 
1889 he decided to take a course in electricity and studied two years at Lehigh 
University, playing on the ball nine there. Later he gave up electricity for busi- 
ness and from 1890 to 1895 he was a clerk with Robinson Bros., bankers and 
brokers at Pittsburg. In 1895 he became identified with the large Denny estate 
as treasurer and acted successfully in that capacity until April 1903, when he 
went to Redlands, Cal., on account of the health of his wife. From 1904 to 
1905 he was treasurer of the Los Angeles Box and Hive Co., at Los Angeles, 
where he then lived. In 1905 he became assistant treasurer of Wm. R. Staats 
& Co., an important brokerage and banking house in Los Angeles and Pasadena. 
This position he held at the time of his death. The Vice-President of the firm, 
Mr. John Earl Jardiner, in a recent letter to the Class Secretary says: "His 
death has been a great blow to us all. As you knew him so well it is needless for 
me to tell you how high was his character and how lovable his disposition." 

"Bob' Totten, who also sent news of "Ned's" death, wrote: "I am dazed 
by the sad news, as I had received a picture of his home and little boy at Christ- 
mas. "Ned" was getting along finely and he was looking forward to bringing his 
wife and boy back to the East and to Princeton for the 25th Reunion." 

"Ned" was married to Miss Mary Baird McKnight, on October 27, 1897, 
at Sewickley, Pa. He has had three sons: Edward Orth, Jr., born December 
28, 1900, at Sewickley; Charles McKnight, born December 2, 1906, at Los 
Angeles, and Harlan Baird, born June 8, 1909, at Pasadena. Edward died on 
July 4, 1902, and Charles on January 20, 1908. The youngest son, Harlan, 
is going to Princeton, deo volente, as "Ned" wrote. 

We are indebted to a member of "Ned's" family for the following account 
of the funeral on January 9, 191 1 : 

The beautiful simple service was held in "Ned's" charming new Pasadena home. 
It was conducted by the Rev. Robert G. Freeman, who was in the Graduate School 
at Princeton '07. It was opened with Gladstone's memorial prayer, followed by 
scripture reading and two hymns, and prayer by Dr. MacLaren of Princeton, father 
of the wife of "Ned's" brother, William A. '81. Many of the Princeton men in this 
vicinity were among those who attended the services. On Tuesday morning, Jan. 
10, the interment took place at Redlands, in our beautiful cemetery, and "Ned" 
was laid to rest beside his little son and his younger brother, Thomas H. '91. Among 
the six friends who went to Redlands with us were three of his business asociates, 
Herbert T. Muzzy '04, Secretary of the Princeton Club here, and an intimate friend 
of "Ned's" from Pittsburg, who had come to spend the winter in Passadena only 
three days before "Ned's" death. 



GEORGE BLACK RODDY. 

George Black Roddy died suddenly of heart failure on September 9, 1910, 
while travelling on a train of the Susquehanna River & Western Railroad 

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Company, between Roddy and Hoffman stations, in Centre Township, Pennsyl- 
vania. He had left his home in New Bloomfield, Pa., in the morning to trans- 
act some business in Harrisburg, where he was joined by his brother, the Rev. 
Joseph Stockton Roddy '91. Roddy complained of not feeling well on the re- 
turn trip and had gone out on the rear platform to get some air. He suddenly 
called out for aid and sank down, when he was caught by his brother just in time 
to save him from falling off the train. 

The Perry County Democrat said : "The sad news of his sudden death 
spread over town with incredible rapidity and produced the profoundest sorrow, 
casting a gloom over the entire population." 

Roddy was the second son of George B. and Martha (Ege) Roddy, de- 
scended from Alexander Roddy, one of the pioneers of Perry County, and 
George Black, who settled there in 1756 and 1766 respectively. He was born 
on the old Black farm at Mount Pleasant, February 27, 1866. His father died 
in 1867. His mother lived on the farm until 1869, when she moved to Juniata 
County, and then in 1878 moved to New Bloomfield. 

He was educated in the public schools of Blair and Philadelphia, and al- 
though the youngest boy in his division he stood at the head of his classes in 
the Philadelphia Grammar schools. He entered Bloomfield Academy and became 
a member of the Class of '86 at Princeton in 1882. Every '86 man will recall 
Roddy's career in college — his high standing, his quiet, unobtrusive character, 
his steady application and his intellectual triumphs. He won the Sophomore 
mathematical prize, was first honor man in Junior year, and was graduated among 
the first three men of the class. On Commencement Day he delivered the Eng- 
lish Salutatory. He became Classical Fellow, which carried with it a prize of 
$600. After graduation he was for a time instructor in Latin and Greek. He 
then went to Europe and became a student in theology in Berlin University, and 
studied languages in Paris, Rome and Athens. He spoke Greek, German and 
French fluently and was said by Prof. Orris to be "the ablest modern Greek 
scholar in America". At one time he carried on an extensive correspondence 
in Greek with King George of Greece and others relative to the Olympian games. 
He became instructor in Greek at the Princeton Theological Seminary, which 
position he held for some time, when he studied law and was admitted to the 
Perry County Bar in 1898. Meantime in 1894-1895 he was principal of the 
Bloomfield Academy, with which he and his brother were connected at the time 
of his death. 

At the bar "he acquired an extensive and lucrative practice and had a 
thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the law." 

Roddy was a Presbyterian and a Republican. He was an ardent champion 
of local option, and a leader of the Anti-Saloon League and leader of the Inde- 
pendent Republican movement. He was prominently mentioned as a candidate 
for County Judge next year. 

On June 10, 1903, Roddy was married to Lillian O. Barnett, of New Bloom- 
field, and had five children: Stanhope Orris (named after Prof. Orris), born 
February i, 1904; George Black, born May 24, 1905, died September 4, 1905; 
Robert Edward, born June 11, 1906; Martha Ege and Lillian Barnett, TWINS, 
born May 20, 1908. Martha died March 16, 1909. 

The funeral was held on September 8 at his late home. The services were 

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conducted by the Rev. I. Potter Hayes, the Rev. J. Thomas Fox, the Rev. R. F. 
McClean, and the Rev. Alfred Kelly '86. The burial was in the family plot. 

The high esteem in which George Roddy was held was shown by the large 
crowd at the funeral. The day was one of general mourning, and as a mark of 
respect the schools were closed. 

All of the local papers spoke in the highest terms of his career and character 
as a citizen, as a lawyer, as a churchman, as an educator and as a father. 

By his will the estate was turned over to his brother. The will provides a 
bequest of $i,ooo to Princeton for the founding of a scholarship; and $2,500, 
or if his estate will permit, one-tenth of the estate likewise is to be devoted to 
founding scholarships. He carried heavy life insurance to the amount of 
$121,000. 

His brother writes as follows: "George had a bilious attack recently, with 
complications. He was very busy, having succeeded me as head of the firm of 
Roddy & McWilliams, in the insurance, loan and real estate business in Harris- 
burg, Pa. He made daily trips to Harrisburg and would frequently work till 
midnight, having a good practice at Bloomfield, as well as Harrisburg. This 
resulted in an overworked condition. In addition, his wife was an invalid for the 
last two years, and this was an additional burden. Recently he and I purchased 
the Bloomfield Academy. His family are now living with me in Philadelphia." 



RICHARD REID ROGERS. 

"Bud" was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1867, a son of Judge Benjamin 
F. Rogers and Elizabeth Jameson. He came to Princeton in September 1882 
from Mt. Sterling, Ky., and was graduated with the degree of A.B. in June 1886, 
receiving the degree of A.M. in course later. 

After graduation "Bud" studied law at the University of Virginia, and was 
graduated with honors, receiving the degree of LL.B. He was for a time sec- 
retary of an extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad. He began the prac- 
tice of law in Louisville in 1889 and in 1892 went to Frankfort as assistant to 
the Attorney General. Two years later he went to Tennessee, to follow the 
law, business and politics, standing up bravely as a Sound Money Democrat 
in a locality where it was almost worth a man's life to be anything but a Bryanite. 
He came to New York in 1897, and entered the law office of Seward, Guthrie 
and Steele, one of the most important firms in the metropolis. Later the firm 
became Guthrie, Cravath and Henderson. "Bud" left that firm in 1906 to become 
General Counsel to the Isthmian Canal Commission (Panama) and the head 
of the Department of Law, having charge of the government of the Canal Zone. 
In 1909 he became the general counsel of the Interborough Rapid Transit Com- 
pany and allied companies of New York City, operating the subway system, a 
position of importance and responsibility. He is also counsel of the Panama Rail- 
road, and spends considerable time in Washington, where his wife and daughter 
have made their home. "Bud" is a member of the Metropolitan Club of Wash- 
ington, at which spot "Monty" Blair, "Brer" Gaines, "Bud" and the Class Secre- 
tary frequently foregather. 

"Bud' was married on June 25, 1892, to Mis.s Eunice Tomlin, at Jackson, 



fenn., and has one daughter, Elizabeth Reid, born August 17, 1895. His daughter 
went to Miss Master's School at Dobb's Ferry, and is now (1910) at Madam 
Payer's School in Paris, France. 

"Bud" is a member of the University and Princeton Clubs of New York, 
and the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs of Washington. 



MORSE ROWELL. 

Morse Rowell died at his home in Miller's Place, Long Island, New York, 
April 5, 1896, of hasty consumption. He had been ill only two weeks. While he 
was with '86 only one year, he will be remembered for his quiet, pleasant ways 
and cheerful happy disposition. His letters to the Secretary always bore testi- 
mony to his affection for his Class and for Princeton. 

Rowell was born in New York, July 2, 1863, son of the late Rev. Morse 
Rowell, who had himself been a son of Old Nassau, and of Letitia C. Rowell, 
who is still living. He was educated at Alexander Military College, White Plains, 
N. Y., entered Princeton in September 1882 and left at the end of freshman year. 

After leaving Princeton, he went for a short time to New York University 
and then taught at his old school. He attended Union Theological Seminary, 
graduating in 1890. From October 26 to the spring of 1892 he was pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church at Cadillac, Mich. 

Rowell was married to Miss Belle J. England, at White Plains, N. Y., on 
December 24, 1888, and had four children: Ira Morse Rowell, born March 31, 
1890; Mary Belle Rowell, born October 25, 1891 ; Marjorie Lily Rowell, born 
November 14, 1893, and Violet England Rowell, born August 13, 1895. 

Ira is associated with the New York Telephone Co. of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; 
Mary Belle is a freshman in Vassar College, and Violet and Marjorie are at 
the High School in Highlands, N. Y., where Mrs. Rowell lives. 

Mrs. Rowell writes as follows: 

It was my hope that my son Ira Morse Rowell would go through Princeton Col- 
lege where his father and grandfather had been, but his health would not permit. 
My husband was so full of plans for the future ; he saw a great work to be accom- 
plished for humanity, and seemed especially fitted to draw men out of their dead 
selves into higher things ; his expressions in the pulpit, were broad, deep and clear, 
and often I have heard men say "You give us so much wholesome and needed food 
for thought, Mr. Rowell." To be sure he was found fault with occasionally for his 
liberal views, but this never troubled him in the least, feeling as he did, that progress 
meant fighting for the Right to the very end. His love for his children was very beauti- 
ful ; to him, they were all like rare jewels, and when he left them for my training alone, 
I did feel that the responsibility could never be carried, but, wonderful to relate, I 
have kept them all together, under the most discouraging circumstances, for clergy- 
men, as a rule, are too poorly remunerated during their life, and at death, have little, 
if anything, to leave the family. I can frankly add : Faith has carried me through, 
because I believe "Life is what we make it." Mr. Rowell was not rugged and it was 
better for him to rest and leave the burden for me; no doubt, if he had lived, great 
suffering would have come to him. 

Your class stands for more than we will ever be able to comprehend; its influ- 
ence is so far reaching, so uplifting, and is an inspiration for the untold numbers 
who will follow. 

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GEORGE L. RUNDLE. 

George Rundle lost his life on January 21, 1901, as a result of injuries re- 
ceived by being hurled from his carriage which came into collision with a con- 
struction train on the D. L. & W. Railroad tracks near Delawanna, N. J., a few 
miles from Passaic, on the previous night. The rig was wrecked and Rtmdle was 
hurled fifty feet through the air. He was placed aboard the train and taken to 
the General Hospital at Passaic. The entire staff was summoned in the effort to 
save his life. He was suffering from severe internal injuries, and regained 
consciousness only for a moment. At 7.25 the next morning, the end came. 

George Rundle was born on February 19, 1863. He came to Princeton from 
Walpack Centre, N. J., and was an earnest and zealous student throughout his 
course. After graduation he became principal of the public school at Haines- 
burg, N. J. He then studied medicine at New York University, received his 
degree, and became house physician at St. Mark's Hospital in New York. Later 
he went to Passaic and became one of the most prominent physicians of that city. 
He was one of the governors of the General Hospital, and a member of its staff. 
He was a member of the Passaic Medical Society, the Kenilworth Club and the 
Passaic Club. 

The funeral was held on January 23, at his home, with interment at Cedar 
Lawn Cemetery. The members of the Passaic Medical Society, the Governors 
and staff of the General Hospital, Kenilworth Club, Passaic Council Daughters 
of Liberty, and Junior Order of American Mechanics attended in a body. The 
pall-bearers were members of the medical society and the hospital staff. 

Rundle was married to Miss Helen McDonalds, who died several years ago, 
leaving one son, Henry McDonalds Rundle, born July 10, 1896. Since her death 
Rundle lived with his sister. 

Rankin sends the following information concerning members of the Rundle 
family : 

Mrs. Rundle died on July 31, 1896, three days after the birth of her son. Since 
his father's death, the boy, Henry, lived with his maternal grandmother, until her 
death, and since then, with his maternal aunt, Mrs. Catherine Wright, at Passaic. 
He has been educated at Public School and summer military camp. He is a sensitive, 
reticent and wholesome boy. He is probably going to Princeton. George Rundle left 
a decent little property to his boy, who is named after his maternal grandfather. 



WALTER KING SHARPE. 

Walter came to Princeton in the fall of 1882, but was obliged to leave in the 
fall of 1883, on account of the death of his father. He is one of the "Old Guard" 
of '86, however, faithful and true, turning up at all reunions and taking his share 
in all the activities of the Class. 

He was born December 24, 1863, at Chambersburg, Pa., a son of J. McDowell 
Sharpe and Emma King Sharpe. He was prepared for college at Phillips An- 
dover, from which he was graduated in 1882. After leaving Princeton, Sharpe 
spent a year travelling in Europe, returning to Chambersburg to study law with 
Judge Stewart (father of "Snorky"), now one of the Justices of the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the Franklin County bar in Febru- 






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ary i88g, and has practised law at Chambersburg ever since. He is now a member 
of the firm of Sharpe & Elder. 

Walter was married on March 6, 1897, to Miss Helen MeKeehan Cook, 
of Chambersburg. He has two children, a boy and a girl: John McDowell 
Sharpe, born March 30, i8g8, and Winifred Sharpe, born October 24, 1903. 

"Joe" Ranney, who used to live in Chambersburg, says: "There is no lawyer 
in Franklin County who stands in higher repute than Sharpe, and personally, 
I think he is the best read and brightest of them all." 

JAMES PRIESTLY SHAW. 

"Jim" was born in Versailles Township, Allegheny County, Pa., on February 
6, 1864, son of William A. Shaw and Sarah C. Shaw. He prepared for college 
at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and was in the same class with 
Mills Bevin. He entered Princeton in 1882 and was graduated in 1886, with the 
degree of A.B., receiving the degree of A.M. in 1889. In his senior year he was 
captain and catcher on the 'Varsity nine. 

"Jim" was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New 
York, in 1890, and has since then practised his profession with success. He has 
also been active in public and city affairs, trying to improve local conditions 
by getting small parks, play grounds, public bathhouses, places of public comfort, 
etc. He has been a member of the Pittsburg Council in 1902 to 1904; Chairman 
of the City Committee of the Civic Party; Chairman of the Sixth Ward Civic 
Association ; Director of Charities and Correction of Pittsburg from 1906 to 1909, 
under Mayor George W. Guthrie, of whose cabinet he was a member ; President 
of the Princeton Club of Western Pennsylvania, 1902 and 1903 ; medical examiner 
for the Equitable, Northwestern and a number of life insurance companies, 
fraternal, accident and liability companies, and life member of the Pittsburg 
Free Dispensary. He is an independent Republican and has been quite active 
in the Civic Party. 

"Jim" belongs to the Princeton and University Clubs of Pittsburg, Americus 
Republican Club, Princeton Club of New York, Ivy Club, Allegheny County 
Medical Society, Pensylvania State Medical Society, Americus Academy of 
Medicine, Heptasophs, Royal Arcanum, Elks, etc. 

"Jim" is not married. 

GEORGE EDWARD SHEA. 

George was born in Allegheny, Pa., October 16, 1865, a son of C. B. Shea 
and Elizabeth Galway. He was educated in the public school and under private 
tutor, entering Princeton in September 1882 and graduating with the degree of 
B.S. in 1886. His brother, "Joe" Shea '85, is now a trustee of Princeton. 

After graduation, from the autumn of 1886 to the summer of 1891, he was 
with his father's dry goods firm, Joseph Home & Co., Pittsburg. During the 
summer of 1891 he travelled in Europe. He finally decided to cultivate his voice 
and -studied music in Paris under Bouhy, the eminent vocal teacher, from 1891 
to 1894. From the autumn of 1894 to 1902 he sang in opera in Holland, Bel- 
gium, France, New Orleans and Mexico City, under the nom de theatre of Georges 
Chais. He created the role of Kurwenal in "Tristan and Isolde" at the Nouvean 
Theatre, Paris, under Lamoureux, a well known Parisian concert leader. From 



1903 to 1905 he taught singing and sang in concert in London. In 1905 his health 
failed, and he has suiTered since from a nervous malady, which at this time 
(January 1911), we are happy to say, has almost completely disappeared. Two 
years ago "Buck" Bailey went out to see him and helped him greatly with his 
advice and ministrations. 

Since 1909 "G" has been teaching singing in Paris. 

Although living so far distant, "G" has attended most of the reunions, and his 
singing has given unbounded delight to his classmates. 

"G" was married on May 27, 1897, in Paris, to Mile. Celine Bonheur, a well- 
known contralto, who accompanied him on several of his tours. He has two sons : 
George Edward, Jr., born July 27, 1902, and Henry Gregory, born January 14, 
1904. Both were born in Paris where they now attend the Ecole Gory, 41 Rue 
Prony. 

George writes : 

The most important and disagreeable experience since the last reunion, 1906, 
was, for me, the nervous illness of 1908. I was not expected to recover therefrom but 
went to the mountains and began to improve, which since I have continued. Have 
taken to golf — duffer class and play on the links of the "La Boulie" Club, Versailles, 
of which I am a member. 

RALPH CROWLEY SHELDON. 

"Sheldo" was born August 26, 1862, at Rockford, 111., son of Porter Sheldon 
and Mary Sheldon. He "prepped" at the High School of Jamestown, N. Y., 
entered Princeton in September 1882 and was graduated A.B. in 1886. His 
brilliant intellectual achievements during his course will readily be recalled by 
his classmates. He was salutatorian. 

"Sheldo" hid himself from the Class view for several years, and his reticence 
and aloofness still persist. He began the study of law at Jamestown, and in 
April 1887 he went south to spend some time on his father's farm. Two years 
after leaving Princeton he entered the employ of the American Aristotype Co., 
which manufactures photographic papers and supplies, and is now the manager 
of that company, which is a division of the Eastman Kodak Co. He has also 
been president and treasurer of that company. He is president of the Post 
Publishing Co., publishers of the Jamcstozvn Morning Post, a daily paper. He 
is a director of the Union Trust Co., the Home Telephone Co. of Jamestown, 
and the Union Traction Co. of Kansas. 

Reports from Jamestown indicate that "Sheldo" is "quite some" citizen of 
that village. 

"Sheldo" was married on June 16, 1898, at Jamestown to Miss Isabella 
Marvin, and has two children: Julia, born October 25, 1900, and Ralph C, Jr., 
born June 24, 1905. 

JOHN ARCHER SILVER, 

Silver was born August 4, 1863, at Churchville, Md., son of James Silver 
and Annie Paunell. He went to York Collegiate Institute, York, Pa., entered 
Princeton in sophomore year, September 1883, and was graduated A.B. in 1886, 
receiving the degree of A.M. in 1889. 



On leaving college, from September 1886 to January 1889, he taught 
mental science and higher English in Jafifna College, Ceylon. From September 
1888 to June 1890 he was a student of theology at the Episcopal Theological 
School at Cambridge, Mass. From September 1890 to September 1892 he was a 
student of theology, philosophy and history in the Universities of Berlin, Heidlc- 
berg and Paris. From September 1892 to June 1895 he was a student of history 
and philosophy in Johns Hopkins University and got the degree of Ph.D. in 1895. 
In September 1895 he became professor of history in Hobart College, Geneva, 
N. Y. He is the author of "The Provisional Government of Maryland 1774- 
"jf. He is also instructor in economics and politics at Hobart. 

Silver was married at St. Leonards-on-Sea, England, on June 3, 1891, to 
Miss Agnes McMurdo, daughter of Edward McMurdo, of London, and has one 
child, Edward McMurdo Silver, born March 15, 1903. Edward is bound for 
Princeton. 

RENWICK THOMPSON SLOANE. 

"Billy" was born February 28, 1866, in Allegheny City, Pa., son of James 
Renwick Wilson Sloane and Frances Beard Swanwith. He is a half-brother of 
Prof. William M. Sloane. He prepared for college at the Western University 
of Pennsylvania, entered Princeton in September 1882 and left in December 1883. 

From March 1884 to July 1887 he was a clerk in the Second National Bank, 
Pittsburg, and later, from October 1890 to July 1898 was an agent in the Pitts- 
burg office of the New York Insurance Co. From July 1898 to April 1899, he 
enlisted for the Spanish War with the 15th Minnesota Volunteers Infantry, and 
he became a corporal. He never, however, had a chance to get in the fighting 
game. From June 1900 to January 1910, he was connected with the Northwestern 
Telephone Exchange Co., at Minneapolis, Minn. He is now (January 191 1) 
general agent of the Northwestern Life Insurance Co. in the same city. 

"Billy" was married on December 23, 1907, at Minneapolis to Miss Katherine 
Sitterley, by the Rev. Dr. Harry P. Dewey. He has no children. 

HARRISON BROOKS SMITH. 

"Jopah" was born in Charleston, W. Va., September 7, 1866, son of Isaac 
Noyes Smith and Caroline Quarrier. He prepared for college at Kanawha Mili- 
tary Institute and at Washington and Lee University 1882-1884. He entered 
Princeton in junior year, the fall of 1884, and soon became thoroughly identi- 
fied with the Class. 

After graduation he attended the University of Virginia for a law course, 
and in due time was admitted to the bar, and became a member of the firm of 
Couch & Smith. Later the firm became Flournay, Price and Smith, and it 
is now Price, Smith, Spilman & Clay, one of the leading firms of West Virginia. 
He has been City Solicitor of Charleston, and is, or has been, an elder in the 
Presbyterian Church of which Waddell is the pastor. He is also President 
of the Southern States Mutual Life Insurance Co., a concern which, it is 
understood, has been very successful. "Jopah" frequently comes to New York 
to "wallow" in Wagner. He is still addicted to the old 'cello, from which he 
extracted such limpid melodies while on the Instrumental Club. He is a golfe" 



of considerable horse power, plays tennis with "Brer" Gaines, and his singing 
voice has lost none of its Orphic charm. 

"Jopah" married Miss Katherine Dana Bowne, in New York on May 12. 
1896, and has three children: Harrison Bowne Smith, born March 2, 1898; Helen 
Dana Smith, born March 2, 1900, and Alex Ouarrier Smith, born March 23, 1908. 

"Jopah" says the boys will probably go to a Virginia preparatory school, "for 
the purpose, as my unreconstructed mother says, "of learning good manners", 
while Helen will go to such school or college as she may prefer. "Jopah" writes: 

After graduation I studied law because I inherited the habit from four genera- 
tions of lawyers — took a Hmited course at the University of Virginia (interrupted by 
ilhiess) and have since practiced with a fair measure of success, though with some loss 
of family prestige, illustrated by the following anecdote: My father was a lawyer 
of excellent standing and ability. My grandfather, however, was of heroic mould in 
his profession, with a reputation for ability and learning second to none. An old 
client of my grandfather's came to me to prepare some important papers for him 
which I did to the best of my skill and judgment, handing him the completed docu- 
ments neatly typewrittten and bound, with carbon copies for his files. After a care- 
ful' examination, and some requests for information and explanation, he laid aside 
the papers and scrutizing me closely, asked ; "Harry, do you think you will ever be 
as good a lawyer as your grandfather?" "No", I replied, "I fear not". After glancing 
from me to the papers he blurted out, "Damned if I think so either". 



ALEXANDER STEWART, JR. 

"Snorky" Stewart died at his home in Chambersburg, Pa., on January 8, 
1895, and was buried in the Falling Spring Presbyterian graveyard on January 
10. Among the pall-bearers were "Billy" Timlow and Walter Sharpe, represent- 
ing '86, and Kennedy '84. 

Stewart entered Princeton in the fall of 1882. He was born in Chambersburg, 
February 7, 1866, and was a son of the Hon. John Stewart '57, now Judge of the 
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Few men entered more actively into the different 
phases of undergraduate life than "Snorky". His never failing humor, his joy 
of living and his cheerful optimism endeared him to all of his classmates, and 
established for him a lasting foundation of affection and esteem among them. 
He was not a profound student, or a "poler", but everyone knew that if "Snorky" 
had wanted to, he could have stood among the leaders of his class. His subse- 
quent career showed abundantly the stuff that was in him. He "made good", 
as we all knew he would. 

On leaving college, he began the practise of law and was in time admitted 
to the bar, of which for years his distinguished father had been the distinguished 
leader. His standing in his profession is indicated by the following resolution 
adopted by the members of the Franklin County bar : 

Whereas, the bar of Franklin County has, with profound grief, learned of the 
death of our brother, Alexander Stewart, Esq., who departed this life on the eighth 
day of January, A.D. 1895; therefore, as an expression of our heartfelt sorrow for 
his death and of our appreciation of his character and ability, we adopt the following 
resolutions : 

Resolved, that in the death of Mr. Stewart the bar of Franklin County has 
suffered the loss of one of its brightest members, who during the seven years of 

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practise and association with us, had already become distinguished in his chosen 
profession. In him, to rich natural endowments and a highly disciplined mind, 
studious habits had added unusual attainments in the law. He loved the study of 
the law and threw all the energy of his life into the mastery of the profession he 
had selected. In the short period of his legal practise he attained the foremost 
rank among his fellow members of the bar and has left them the example of a 
noble and stainless character. Possessed of a strong and logical mind and sound 
judgment his legal reasoning was forcible and convincing. In his professional 
career he was honorable and conscientious and was trusted and beloved by his 
clients and respected, honored and admired by his opponents. He took an active 
and leading part in affairs. He was distinguished for his eminent attainments for 
a lawyer of his age; his great strength of character; superb courage and self 
reliance. 

Resolved, that in his death we feel a personal bereavement, since he had 
endeared himself to each of us by his uniform kindness and courtesy of manner, 
and his grand regard for the feelings of those with whom he came in contact. 

Many eloquent speeches were made at this meeting, all of them testifying 
to the high character and attainments of "Storky" as a lawyer and as a citizen. 
He was a counsel and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank 
of Chambersburg and was actively identified with the political, social and pro- 
fessional life of Franklin County. 



CHARLES G. STODDARD. 

"Chunk" was born in Dayton, Ohio, January 31, 1865, a son of John W. 
Stoddard '58, and Susan Kiefer Stoddard. He entered Princeton in September 
1882 and was graduated in 1886, with the degree of A.B. 

After graduation he took a trip to Europe returning in October, when he 
became assistant bookkeeper of the Stoddard Manufacturing Co of Dayton, 
manufacturers of agricultural implements, of which his father was president. 
Subsequently he became purchasing agent, superintendent, vice-president and 
general manager of the company. When the making of automobiles in this 
country began to assume large proportions, the Stoddard Manufacturing Co. de- 
voted itself to their manufacture, and on the retirement of "Chunk's" father a 
few years ago, "Chunk" became president of the Dayton Motor Car Co., makers 
of the well-known Stoddard-Dayton car, and of the Courier Car Co. 

Perhaps, however, "Chunk's" greatest achievement was when he beat all 
comers and rivals, and became father of the CLASS BOY. 

"Chunk" was married at Dayton, on June 21, 1888 to Miss Laura Van 
Ausdal, a sister of "Charlie" Van Ausdal, '85. The CLASS BOY, John W. 
Stoddard, Jr., named after his grandfather, was born April 16, 1889. His 
brother, Robert Van Ausdal, was born December 29, 1890, and his sister, Mary 
Chloe, was born June 5, 1894. At our Triennial Reunion in 1889, "Chunk" was 
present and responded to the toast, "THE CLASS BOY", which was received 
with wild enthusiasm. At our Sexennial in 1892, "Chunk" brought on the 
CLASS BOY and received the CLASS CUP from his classmates. 

John W. Stoddard, Jr., (honorary member of '86) is now a student at 
Cornell. His sister is at Miss Porter's School, at Farmington, Conn. 



WILLIAM EDWARD STRATER. 

The Class will deeply regret to hear of the sad death on May 24, 1908, by 
drowning, of "Will" Strater, while bathing with his son in Harrod's Creek, near 
Guyton's Mill, in Oldham County, Kentucky. Accompanied by his wife and 
Edward, his thirteen-year old son, Strater drove to the scene of the drowning on 
Sunday morning for a day's outing. It was a warm day, and with his son, Strater 
went in bathing. He was a good swimmer, but soon after he entered the stream 
he uttered a cry of distress and sank to the bottom. Mrs. Strater bravely waded 
into the water to rescue him but was unable to do so. She sent her son to the 
nearest house for assistance. Neighbors hurried to the scene, but before the body 
was recovered, life had departed. Doctors were summoned, and worked for three 
hours, but in vain. The body was then removed to the Strater country home, near 
Harrod's Creek. 

News of the tragic death spread rapidly and many of the friends of the family 
were at the house when the body arrived there. 

Dr. Morrison, the attending physician, stated that death was due to cramps, 
brought on by reason of the chilly water. 

"Will' Strater was forty-two years of age, the youngest of three brothers com- 
posing the Strater Brothers Tobacco Company of Louisville, Ky., of which he 
was secretary and treasurer. He was born in Chillicothe, O., January 28, 1866, 
a son of the Rev. Caspar H. Strater, a Lutheran minister, but had been a resident 
of Louisville most of his life, having moved there with his parents when seven 
years old. He was graduated from the Male High School and entered Princeton 
in the academic department in the fall of 1882. He did not complete the course, 
leaving Princeton in June 1883, but while he was in college, he won many friends 
by his kindly and cheerful manner, by his lively interest in undergraduate 
affairs, and by his warm and genial disposition. He never lost interest in 
Princeton and '86, and all his letters to the Class Secretary testified to his un- 
diminished affection for both. 

Strater was married to Miss Jessie La Nauze Clarkson, December 14, 
1893, and had one child, a son, Edward La Nauze Strater, born December 
2, 1894. He was a member of the Board of Trade, the Pendennis Club, Com- 
mercial Club and the Country Club of Louisville, and the Middle Bass Club on 
Lake Erie, where he had a summer cottage. He was a director of the United 
State Trust Co., and Vice-President of the Independent Tobacco Manufactur- 
ers' Association. 

He was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church, and maintained a home in 
Louisville, and during the summer months lived at his country place near 
Harrod's Creek. He was one of the best known and foremost business men in 
Louisville. His son, Edward, is a student at Hill School, Pottstown, and hopes 
to enter Princeton in 1913. 

One of the local papers said of him: 

The business community and the community generally will hear with sorrow 
and regret the sudden and shocking death of William E. Strater. 

Mr. Strater was in the very strength of his manhood ; strong, vigorous and 
glowing with health. In business he was in the midst of various activities. His 
career had developed his faculties to the highest usefulness. He stood among those 
younger business men, whose success foretells a future of great usefulness. 

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Then death touched him and stilled in a moment all the pulse of his being 
and ending all plans and activities to be brought hereafter to fruition. 

In his personal attributes Mr. Strater was a most attractive man, and his 
death will be a personal loss to a large circle beyond his immediate family and 
business associates. A city is what its citizens make it, and Louisville can ill 
afford at this time to lose a man of the character and fitness of William E. Strater. 



OLIVER SMITH STRONG. 

"Ollie" was born in Red Bank, N. J., December 30, 1864, son of Benjamin 
Strong and Adeline T. Schenck. He prepared for college at Newburgh Academy 
and Montclair High School, entered Princeton in September 1882 and was gradu- 
ated in 1886, as an A.B., become an A.M. in course, and got the decree of Ph.D. 
later from Columbia. 

"Ollie" won a fellowship in biology and studied at Princeton until 1890, 
when he became an assistant at Lake Laboratory, Milwaukee, until July 1891. 
Later he became fellow and assistant in biology at Columbia, and from 1895-1904 
he was tutor in comparative neurology and assistant in histology at Columbia, 
and later instructor in histology, and also associate editor of The Journal of 
Comparative Neurology. At present he is instructor in anatomy at Columbia. 

Here are the title of some of "Ollie's" articles. They look and feel like 
neurological debauches, but "Ollie" says they're sober descriptions : 

"The Structure and Homologies of the Cranial Nerves of Amphibia as 
determined by their Peripheral Distribution and Internal Origin," Zoologischer 
Anzeiger, 1890; "Lithium Bichromate as a new Reagent for hardening adult 
brains in the Golgo method," N. Y. Academy of Sciences, Vol. XHI; "Atlas 
of Nerve Cells," by M. Allen Starr, Ph.D., with the co-operation of Oliver S. 
Strong, Ph.D., etc., etc. 

"Ollie" belongs to the Princeton Club, and is still unmarried. "Felix" 
Paton says he has an international reputation as a biologist and nerve expert. 



EDWIN K. THOMAS. 

Thomas died suddenly in May 1889 at his home in Middletown, Ky., after 
a brief illness of four days. Shortly after that a classmate wrote as follows : 

"Ed" Thomas's death was a very sad one. His business career had been 
remarkably successful, and he had just concluded a more than usually advantageous 
transaction when he was attacked with acute peritonitis. For many hours before 
his death he endured, I have been told, the most intense agony, but in such a 
trying time as this, knowing, too, that the end was inevitable, his courage did 
not yield. He arranged his final affairs with wonderful coolness and fortitude and 
passed away, as he had lived, a quiet, unassuming, Christian gentleman. 

Thomas was only with '86 from September 1882 to December 1882, when he 
left to go into business. During that brief time, however, he endeared himself 
to all of us by his kindly and genial ways, and his fine manly character. He 
was a brother of Claude Thomas '84, recently consul at Marseilles, France. 



LEWELLYN THOMAS. 

"Tommy" was born in New York City, May 14, 1865. He entered Prince- 
ton in '82 and was graduated in '86. After leaving college he went into the rail- 
road supply business, and later into the Pittsburg and Western Railway, of which 
his father was president. He afterwards became president of the Cairo, Vin- 
cennes and Chicago Railway. It is stated that he is now resident manager of the 
General Railway Signal Company, of Chicago, manufacturers of railway signals 
and safety appliances. The secretary has been told that "Tommy" has been 
married, and that his wife died a short time ago. Inasmuch, however, as he has 
not communicated with the Secretary for lo! these twenty-five years, exact and 
detailed information concerning him is naturally unavailable. 

WILLIAM FERREE TIMLOW. 

"Billy" was born in Lancaster, Pa., November 8, 1864, a son of the Rev, 
Daniel Ostrow Timlow and Lydia Sharpless Timlow. He prepared for col- 
lege at York Collegiate Institute, York, Pa., entered Princeton in September 
1882 and was graduated in 1886 with the degree of A.B. 

"Billy" came to New York in May 1887 and entered the firm of Stone, 
Timlow & Co., commission dealers in hides and skins. Parts of the years 1891 
and 1892 were spent in California looking after certain mining interests. From 
April I, 1907, to July 18, 1907, he was floor member of the firm of Ware & 
Timlow on the New York Stock Exchange. From July 18, 1907 to July i, 1909, 
he was a member of the Stock Exchange firm of Luke, Banks & Weeks, as h ;ad 
of their collateral loan department. He is now connected with the Stock Ex- 
change firm of Luke, Banks & Weeks. 

"Billy" is a member of the Graduate Council of Princeton, representing '86. 
He had the honor of being the first president of the Princeton Alumni Associa- 
tion of Northern New Jersey, which was organized in November 1909, and is a 
wide-awake and active body. 

"Billy" was married on April 23, 1895, to Miss Evelyn Carolan, of San 
Francisco, and has one daughter, Emily Carolan, born April 17, 1896, in San 
Francisco. 

"Billy" is and has been the treasurer of '86 since graduation, and the Class 
owes him a debt of gratitude for his faithful and loyal services. 



HENRY PENNINGTON TOLER. 

The Secretary regrets to announce the death, under exceedingly sad circum- 
stances, of "Harry" Toler, who committed suicide by plunging into Hell Gate 
tide oflf Ward's Island, New York, on February i, 1910. He had been con- 
fined in the Manhattan State Insane Asylum for seven months as a victim of 
incurable religious mania. This mania had been steadily developing for several 
years, and finally culminated in an attack against some of the members of the 
First Church of Christ (Christian Science) of New York, whereupon he was 
adjudged insane and committed in July 1909 to the Asylum on Ward's Island. 
It seemed for a time as if he were recovering, and his friends and his family 
were much encouraged, only to be shocked and grieved by the sad and tragic 
termination of his life. 

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The body was not recovered for several months, but in May, it was found in 
the East River, and identified by Hugh Toler, a brother. The funeral was 
held on May 6 at the home of Mrs. Toler, 75 East 54th Street, New York, and 
the burial was at Morristown, N. J. 

"Harry" or "Kid" Toler, as he was affectionately called, was born in 
Newark, N. J., on April 28, 1864, and was a member of the well-known family 
of Pennington (one of whom was a Governor of New Jersey) in New York 
and New Jersey, a family closely identified with the history of Princeton. He 
was educated at the Freehold (N. J.), Academy and his roommate and classmate 
there was his roommate and classmate at Princeton, "Steve" Halsey, who subse- 
quently became his business partner. He entered Princeton in 1881 with the Class 
of '85, taking the C.E. course, but subsequently dropped into '86 and was grad- 
uated with us. 

In college Toler v.'as a conspicuous figure on account of his physical prowess, 
his bright and attractive manner and his keen sense of humor. As an athlete 
he was a prominent figure. He played on his class baseball nine in 1885 and 
1886 and was half back on the championship football team which defeated Yale 
in the fall of 1885 at New Haven. For two years also he held the record as the 
intercollegiate pole vaulter, and his vaulting in 1886 remained for several years 
as the intercollegiate record. He was also the leader of the banjo club wliih in 
college. 

Upon graduation Toler entered into the stock brokerage business with his 
brother, Hugh K., as a member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York. 
In 1889 he was married to Miss Virginia WTieeler, of New York, who, with two 
children, Henry P., Jr., and Dorothy P., wife of John H. Auerbach '05, of New 
York, survive him. He was very successful as a broker and for several years 
was associated in business with "Steve" Halsey, as the Board member of the 
Stock Exchange firm of Toler & Halsey, Mills Building, New York. This firm 
was dissolved on April i, 1901, and Toler went into business for a time for him- 
self. Later he became actively identified with the Christian Science movement in 
New York and became a "healer". Subsequently he became interested in a scheme 
to recover valuable lands in New York for members of the Toler family and 
others, millions of dollars being involved in the scheme, which he subsequently 
abandoned at the request of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. On July 21, 1909, he was 
taken to Bellevue Hospital and was put under observation in order to determine 
his mental condition. As a result of this observation he was committed on 
July 21 to the Manhattan State Hospital, Ward's Island, where he remained up to 
the time of his tragic death. 

Toler was a member of the Union Club of New York and the Baltusrol 
Golf Club. At one time he was one of the leading golfers of this country, stand- 
ing third in the amateur championship in the late nineties. One of his brothers 
was the late William P. Toler '82. 

His death is deeply deplored by a large circle of Princeton men, his class- 
mates, and other friends, who are especially grieved over the sad circumstances 
attending the later years of his life, and over the termination of a career which 
had been abundantly successful and honorable, and which gave promise of still 
further success and honor. 



ROBERT DUNCAN TOTTEN. 

"Bob" was born in Pittsburg on August i, 1866, a son of Robert Christy 
Totten and Marie Louise Mellier. He "prepped" at Newell Institute, Pittsburg, 
entered Princeton in the fall of '82 and was graduated with the degree of A.B. 

Although "Bob" expected to go into business, he changed his mind and be- 
came a lawyer, making a specialty of patent law. He is associated with his 
brother-in-law in the law firm of Kay & Totten, which has built up an excellent 
practice. 

"Bob" has been President of the Princeton Alumni Association of Pittsburg 
and vicinity and is active in Princeton affairs. 

He was married at Pittsburg on December 20, 1892, to Miss Elizabeth A. 
Reymer, and has three daughters : Elizabeth R., born December 9, 1893, and 
Phyllis R. & Louise M., TWINS, born March 8, 1902. The oldest daughter is at 
the Misses Masters' School, Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 

"Bob" belongs to the Pittsburg, Allegheny Couty, Pittsburg Golf Clubs; 
the Princeton Club of New York and the Ivy Club of Princeton. 



LEWIS H. TOWLER. 

Towler died on June 25, 1897, at his home, 4343 Prairie Avenue, Chicago. 
The Class Record of '85, of which Towler was at one time a member, says : "He 
committed suicide while temporarily deranged, as the result of the silver dis- 
cussion in 1896, and spent his time talking on the subject on the street corners, 
finally losing his mental balance entirely. The date is from the records in the 
office of the Coroner of Cook County and the proofs of loss which were made 
on the insurance policies held by Towler in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance 
Company." 

Whether this is the case or not, we do not know, but we do know that he had 
been in poor health for six months previous to his death. 

Towler was from Corunna, Michigan. He was born October 20, i860, and 
entered Princeton with '85, subsequently dropping into '86, with which class he 
was graduated. On leaving college he spent two years at the Princeton Seminary, 
during which time he took charge of a church for four months at Milan, Michigan. 
He was so much afflicted with catarrh, however, that he was obliged to turn his 
attention to some business calling. He became connected with the Equitable Life 
Assurance Society, and was a very successful agent. He wrote many articles 
for insurance papers, and was the author of "Towler's Tables of Life Insurance 
Forms". He was married on January 2, 1899, to Miss Leela May Savage, at 
Olivet, Michigan, who with two children, — John W., born April 20, 1891, and 
Charles A., born October 13, 1896, — survives him. 

Towler was present at our Decennial Reunion and was warmly greeted. He 
was a sincere and loyal Princetonian. 



HENRY EDGERTON VANCE. 

"Hank" was born in Wheeling, W. Va., July 26, 1864, a son of J. N. Vance 
and Lillie E. Vance. A brother, W. McC. Vance, is a member of the Class of 





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igoi. He was educated at Linsley Institute, entered Princeton in September 1882 
and was graduated with the degree of C.E. in 1886. 

Since graduation "Hank" has been in the wholesale shoe business with offices 
at Wheeling and Chicago, and is the head of the Vance Shoe Co. "Hank's" life 
has been quiet and successful. He frequently comes to New York and gen- 
erally turns up for all meetings of '86. He is a member of the Princeton, Uni- 
versity and Metropolitan Clubs of New York, the Union League and Calumet of 
Chicago and the South Shore Country and Huron Clubs of Wheeling. He is not 
married. 



WILLIAM SUMMERILL VANNEMAN. 

Vanneman was born at Penn's Grove, N. J., on January 15, 1863, a son of 
Edwin A. and Josephine Vanneman. He was educated at Salem Collegiate Insti- 
tute, Salem, N. J., entered Princeton in September 1882 and left in February 1885. 

On leaving college he studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and 
received the degree of M.D. in 1888. From July 1888 to February i88g he was 
surgeon at the Philadelphia Dispensary, and from February 1889 to May 1890 he 
was resident physician at the Philadelphia Hospital. On September 20, 1890, he 
sailed for Persia, and became a medical misionary at Tabriz under the direc- 
tion of the Presbyterian Board of Missions. He has remained there in the 
same capacity ever since, except for a furlough from June 1889 to August 1890, 
and from August 1910 to August 191 1, both of which furloughs were spent and 
will be spent in this country. 

Vanneman has served with distinction in Persia. He has atended the 
Shah and the Crown Prince, and has received from the Shah second and third 
decoration of the "Lion and Sun", the Persian decoration bestowed on foreigners. 

Vanneman writes: 

In addition to my regular medical missionary work I have been consulting 
physician to the families of two Shahs while they were living in Tabriz and in 
1896 accompanied the harem of Musafar, Deen Shah, as physician in chief, on a 
caravan journey of 400 miles from Tabriz to Teheran. I was decorated by the 
Shah of Persia in 1896, and have been requested to become regular physician to 
the Royal family residing in Teheran, the capital, but I have preferred to remain 
in mission work at Tabriz. In 1904, for services in the cholera epidemic of that 
year, I received a testimonial signed by all the consuls and the European colony 
residing in Tabriz. 

When the cholera raged throughout Persia, Vanneman rendered valuable 
services. As a physician he gave medical attendance to the sick, and as a mis- 
sionary he ministered to the dying and assisted in burying the dead. For this 
service the Superintendency of a new hospital at Teheran was offered to him, 
which he declined. He is said to be the best physician in Persia. 

Vanneman was married in July 1890 in Philadelphia to Miss Marguerite 
Amy Fox and has four daughters: Aimee Sherin, born December 8, 1892; 
Dorothy Jewett, born May 8, 1894; Irene Wood, born November 24, 1896; and 
Ruth, born February 17, 1892, died February 27, 1892. All the children were 
bom in Tabriz. Aimee and Dorothy are in the first year at Vassar College, and 
Irene is at Putnam Hall Preparatory School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



CHARLES S. VAN SYCKEL. 

"Charlie" was born in Trenton, N. J., July ii, 1864, son of ex-Vice-Chancellor 
Bennet Van Syckel '46 and Mary E. Van Syckel. He prepared for Princeton at 
the Trenton Model School, entered college in the fall of 1882 and was graduated 
an A.B. in 1886. 

After graduation he took a Continental trip and then became assistant super- 
intendent of the Mercer Rubber Company at Trenton. Since 1890 he has been 
identified with the Greenwood Pottery Company, and the Greenwood China 
Company, and is secretary and treasurer of both. 

He was married October 11, 1888, to Miss Isabel S. Stephens, of Trenton, 
and has had four children: James Stephen Van Syckel, born September 5, 
1889; Mary Elizabeth Van Syckel, born March 12, 1892, died August 24, 1910; 
Isabel Van Syckel, born June 18, 1897, and Helen Van Syckel, born December 
24, 1901. The son is bound for Princeton. 

"Van" belongs to the Trenton Country Club, the Princeton Clubs of New 
York and Trenton, Holland Society of New York, Mantoloking Golf and Yacht 
Clubs and the Trenton Club. 

"Charlie" writes as follows : 

I regret very much that I cannot be present at the "Old Home Week" as I 
sail for Europe June 3, 191 1. Many added cares as well as a great sorrow, in the 
death of our oldest daughter last summer, have come to us this past year, so I 
am taking my wife and family for a much needed change. 

JAMES ANDERSON VAN WAGENEN. 

"Jim" was born in New York City, July 7, 1862, a son of Cornelius Dore- 
mus Van Wagenen and Susan Anderson. He has a brother, C. D. Van Wagenen, 
'89. He was prepared for college at Columbia Graminar School, entered Prince- 
ton in the fall of 1882 and was graduated with the degree of A.B., receiving later 
the degree of A.M. in course. 

He studied law at Columbia and received the degree of LL.B. in June 1888. 
From October 1888 to the fall of 1889 he was a law clerk in the office of the 
late Charles M. Marsh; from 1889 to 1890 he was in the office of De Witt, 
Lockman & De Witt ; from 1890 to 1900, he was associated with Eaton & Lewis. 
For the last few years, he has been in the real estate business with G. Nicholas 
and later with Gilsey, Havemeyer & Jenney for which firm he was instrumental 
in putting through a big deal for leasing valuable property in East Thirty- 
fourth Street, New York, to the Post Office Department. 

"Jim" is no longer a bachelor, for he was married October 27, igo8 to Miss 
Evelyn Jean Leger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odilon Leger, of Montreal. 
He has no children. 

"Jim" is the real thing whenever anything concerning Princeton or '86 is 
concerned, turning up regularly for all class and college functions, and following 
athletics with the same keen attention as while in college. 

He writes: 

I have been a member of the Union League Club of New York City, since 
June 1888; am a trustee of the American Savings Bank, No. 115 West 42 Street, 
New York City; Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Alexander Chapel, Nos. 
7 and 9 King Street, New York City, which Chapel is under the control and 








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direction of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church; am a member of the West 
End Association, an association of residents living on the West End of New 
York City, whose aim is too look after all matters which affect the welfare of 
the property owners and residents on the West Side; am also a "Fellow for Life" 
of the National Academy of Design, of New York City ; life member of the 
New York Society Library, oldest library in New York City, dating back before 
the Revolution. 

"Jim" also belongs to the Princeton and Knickerbocker Whist Clubs and 
the Bar Association. 

JOHN M. WADDELL. 

Waddell was born at Triadelphia, W. Va., August 9, 1863. He "prepped" 
at the High School, Princeton, 111., entered college in junior year, September 
1884, and was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1886. 

He taught at Shady Side Academy, Pittsburg, from 1886 to 1889, and 
helped to prepare many boys for Princeton. From 1889 to 1892 he was at th^ 
Princeton Theological Seminary, where he roomed with "Jack" Calhoun. He was 
pastor of the Amity Church at Dravosburg, Pa., from 1892 to 1896; at Clearfield, 
Pa., from 1896 to 1904; at Doylestown, Pa., from 1904 to 1907, and since 1907 
he has been pastor of Kanawha Presbyterian Church, Charlestown, W. Va., where 
he is ably supported by "Jopah" Smith, and more or less so by "Brer" Gaines. 

He was married at Elm Grove, W. Va., on May 25, 1892, to Miss Nellie Lee 
Storer, and has five children: Elizabeth Calhoun, born February 28, 1893; Susan 
Sharpe, born November 2, 1894; Archibald McDonald and John Storer, TWINS, 
born January 2, 1899, and Eleanor Lee, born October 13, 1905. Elizabeth was 
graduated from Blair Hall, June 1910, taking first honor; she is now a student of 
music at Wilson College. Susan is a senior at Penn Hall, preparatory to Wilson 
College. 

ALBERT CHANDLER WALL. 

Albert was born in Kingston, N. J., January 24, 1866, son of Edward B. 
Wall '48 and Sara Berry Wall. He prepared for college at the Stevens School, 
Hoboken, N. J., where his father was stationed as a professor in Stevens Insti- 
tute. Albert entered Princeton in the fall of 1882, was graduated A.B. in 1886, 
and subsequently got his A.M. 

From 1886 to 1889 he studied law, and was admitted in November 1889. 
Three months of this time he taught the freshman class at Stevens logic, and 
the sophomores English literature. For a time he practised law in partnership 
with William F. Abbett, son of the late Governor Leon Abbett. In February 
1894 he became counsellor at law. For some time he was associated with "Bob" 
Green in the firm of Wall & Green, Jersey City; later with Vredenburg, Van 
Winkle & Wall, of which "Bob" was a member; then of Vredenburg, Wall & 
Carey, with which he is still connected. This firm is one of the most important 
law firms in New Jersey, and is counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad and other 
large and important interests. Albert, it is needless to say, stands high at the 
bar, and has a fine reputation as a brilliant after-dinner speaker. At one time he 
was President of the Village of South Orange, where he lives, but he has de- 
voted himself to the law and not to politics. 



Albert was married to Miss Maria Gibson Carey, at Mt. Calvary Church, 
Baltimore, Md., on April 30, 1896, and has two children, a girl and a boy: Jose- 
phine Carey Wall, born December 13, 1899, and Albert Carey Wall, born Febru- 
ary 12, 1902. Josephine will go to Miss Carter's school at Catonsville, Md., 
and Albert will go to Princeton. 

RODMAN WANAMAKER. 

"Rod" was born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 13, 1863, a son of John 
Wanamaker, the well-known merchant, and a brother of Thomas B. Wana- 
maker '83. "Rod" entered Princeon with the Class of '85, but was graduated with 
'86, receiving the degree of A.B. and later that of A.M. While in college, he 
was prominent and active in social and athletic life. He was manager of the Glee 
Club, a member of Ivy, and played football on the victorious team which beat 
Yale at New Haven in 1885. 

Since leaving college "Rod" has been connected with the firm of John Wana- 
maker, of which he is now a member. His life has been a very busy one, and his 
time has been divided among his places of business in Philadelphia, New York 
and Paris. After graduation he took a trip to Europe and on his return he was 
married to Miss Fernande Antonia Henry, of , Philadelphia, on November 4, 
1886. Mrs. Wanamaker died in 1900. "Rod" has three children: Fernande, 
John, Jr., and Marie Louise. Fernande was married in Paris to Arturo Heeren, 
a son of Count and Countess de Heeren, on October 4, 1909. 

"Rod" was married in London on July 2^, 1909, to Miss Violet Cruger, 
daughter of the late Eugene Guido Crugor of New York, and a step-daughter of 
J. Frederick Tams of Tuxedo, N. Y. 

"Rod" belongs to the University and Markham and Manheim Clubs of 
Philadelphia; Yacht Club de France, Polo Club, Automobile Club and Chemins 
de Fer of Paris. He is vice-president of the Independence Trust Co. of Phila- 



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In January 1910, during the time of the great flood in Paris, "Rod" offered to 
pay the bread bills of sufferers for one month. His first installment amounted to 
$6,000. 

In 1907 "Rod" was advanced to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor 
by the President of France. Previously he had been made a Chevalier of the 
Legion in 1897, in recognition of his services in the encouragement of art. His 
promotion is regarded as a mark of high appreciation from the French Govern- 
ment. In Paris "Rod" has been very prominent in art circles, where he has been 
President of the American Art Association. 

On December 29, 1910, "Rod" contributed to the City of Philadelphia the 
sum of $50,000 in sums of $2,000 yearly for a period of twenty-five years, pro- 
vided the City will establish a permanent fund, the income of which in addition 
to the $2,000 provided annually by "Rod" will furnish pensions for the support of 
the families of city employees who may be killed or incapacitated from injury 
received in the discharge of their duties. His gift, which Mayor Reyburn de- 
scribed as "an unusual and generous display of public spirit and benevolence" was 
at once accepted by the Select and Common Councils of the city which also ap- 
propriated $100,000. 

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from his brother-in-law, Barclay H. Warburton. The Wanamaker interests now 
have the ownership of three of the seven Associated Press newspapers of Phila- 
delphia: The Record (Democratic), The Evening Telegraph (Republican), and 
The North American (Republican). 

GAYLORD STARIN WHITE. 

Gaylord was born in New Rochelle, N. Y., on March 3, 1864, a son of Charles 
Trumbull White and Georgianna Starin White. He went to Williston Seminary at 
Easthampton, Mass., and Chapin Collegiate School, New York. From 1882 to 
1884 he was at the University of New York, entering Princeton in September 
1884 and graduating as A.B. in 1886. 

After graduation, Gaylord went on The New York Tribune, as a reporter 
for the Fresh Air Fund, in which work he was succeeded in the following year 
by the Class Secretary. From 1887 to 1890 he was a student at Union Theological 
Seminary, New York. After graduation there, he became a student in Berlin and 
Oxford. He was ordained by the Presbytery of New York on May 15, 1892, 
and became assistant minister of Rutgers Presbyterian Church in New York. 
From 1893 to 1901 he was pastor of the City Park Branch of the First Presbyter- 
ian Church of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was called in May 1901 to Union Theological 
Seminary as Director of Student Christian Work and Headworker of Union 
Settlement, and later became lecturer on Applied Christianity at the Seminary and 
Stafif lecturer at New York School of Philanthropy. 

Gaylord has been especially interested in social movements. He was in resi- 
dence at Toynbee Hall, London, in 1892, and while an active minister developed 
his church work along "institutional" lines, with especial attention to the working 
classes. As Headworker of the Union Settlement, Gaylord has accomplished a 
splendid work, and has been actively identified with charitable and educational 
work among the working classes. 

Gaylord was married in New York on June 6, 1892, to Miss Sophie Doug- 
lass Young, and has four children, two boys and two girls: Sophie Douglass, 
born April 3, 1893; Charles Trumbull, born October 6, 1896; Cleveland Stuart, 
born July 28, 1900, and Katherine Gaylord, born April 9, 1903. All four children 
are now at Horace Mann School, New York. Sophie D. goes to Vassar in the 
fall of 191 1 and the two boys are headed for Princeton. 

Gaylord writes : 

My life has been uneventful but very happy, barring the sense of work undone 
that ought to have been done and the lack of results. I have been fortunate 
in having done the kind of things that I liked to do. My main interest for many 
years has been in social questions and for seventeen years I have lived and 
worked with those who live by the work of their hands — the industrial classes. 
Several of the old boys of '86 have given me good support in my work, both 
financial and otherwise, and I have found the friendships of college days a rich 
experience in many directions. 

Gaylord was one of the incorporators in February 1910 of the Association of 
Tuberculosis Clinics of the City of New York. 

CHARLES WHITING. 

"Chick" was born at Ballston, N. Y., in March 1862, son of Jonathan 

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Whiting and Hester M. Gilbert. He prepared for college at Hackettstown, 
N. ]., and Poultney, Vt., entered Princeton in 1882 and was graduated as B.S. 
in 1886. 

The year after graduation was spent on a farm at his home. In the fall of 
1887 he started for California by way of New Mexico, stopped at Albuquerque, 
and decided to make his home there. At first he went into the real estate busi- 
ness, and in 1896 he was yard clerk and orange inspector of the Atchinson, 
Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Co. In 1907 he was fruit inspector at Winslow, 
Ariz., and from 1908 to 191 1 he has been clerk and weighmaster for the same 
company. 

"Chick" enlisted for the Spanish War and was first duty sergeant and acting 
first sergeant in Co. E, ist Territorial Regiment, U. S. V. This was a western 
regiment recruited from the four territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, 
and Indian Territory "the finest body of men physically", says "Chick", that he 
ever saw. The Regiment was camped at Prescott, Ariz., Lexington, Ky., and 
Albany, Ga., but never saw any active service. It was mustered out at Albany, 
Ga. Later Governor Otero appointed "Chick" second lieutenant in Co. G., New 
Mexico National Guard, and eventually he became first lieutenant and then 
captain. He is also an exempt volunteer fireman. He is more or less interested in 
real estate and mining and says he has "a trunk full of beautifully engraved min- 
ing stock which I would not part with for anything, except to '86 men — also a few 
ranches finely located for dry farming" — whatever that might be. 

He is not married. "Chick" hasn't been back to Princeton since he left. 

ROBERT PARMELEE WILDER. 

"Bob" was born on August 2, 1863, at Kolhapur, S. M. C, India, son of 
Royal Gould Wilder and Eliza J. Wilder. He prepared for college at the Prince- 
ton "Prep" and Williston Seminary. He entered Princeton in 1881 with the Class 
of '85, dropped into '86, and was graduated with our class as an A.B., receiving 
the degree of A.M. later. 

His life has been devoted to foreign missionary work in which he has 
been indefatigable, and eminently successful. From September 1886 to July 1889 
he was Secretary of the Students' Volunteer Movement of Foreign Missions in 
the United States and Canada. From 1887 to 1891 he was a student at the 
Union Theological Seminary, New York. From July 1891 to December 1892 
he visited students in Great Britain, Norway, and Denmark for the purpose of 
interesting them in missionary work, continuing this work in subsequent years 
in India, Canada, the United States, Scandinavia and Great Britain. Now 
he is busy in the same work in Great Britain and Ireland, in the capacity of 
permanent travelling secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

"Bob" has returned to this country several times, always receiving a hearty 
welcome from his friends and classmates. "Bob" writes as follows : 

In April 1892 the British Student Volunteer Missionary Union was formed 
after my visits to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cambridge, Oxford, London and Aberdeen. 
During the same academic year I paid my first visits to Christiana and Copenhagen 
and addressed students there. 1502 British Student Volunteers have become foreign 
missionaries. My work among Indian students, 1892-1897, was under the American 

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My work among theological students in U. S. A. and Canada, 1897-1899, was 
under the Intercollegiate Y. M. C. A. It was then that the Theological Section 
of Students Y. M. C. A. was formed. December 1899-1902 I was National Secretary 
of the Student Y. M. C. A. of India and Ceylon and had just been appointed 
National Secretary of all departments of Y. M. C. A. in India when, owing to 
a touch of the sun, it was necessary for me to leave the country. It required 
a year's rest in Switzerland to recover. Then, being advised by my doctor not 
to return to India, I worked as Student Volunteer Movement Secretary in Norway, 
Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and visited St. Petersburg. 

Since 1905 I have been serving the British Student Christian Movement and 
was asked last year to become permanent Travelling Secretary of this movement. 
The movement has kindly consented to release me for a time each year to work 
on the Continent of Europe in behalf of the World's Student Christian Federation. 
Last year I visited Switzerland, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The Spring 
before I delivered addresses in nine German Universities. This Spring I am 
invited to work in Italy and Hungary and to attend the Conference of the Feder- 
ation in Constantinople. 

Work among students in South Eastern Europe will prevent my being with 
'86 for "Old Home Week". I am sorry not to see the classmates and to join 
in the reminiscences, but I shall be with you all in spirit. If any '86 man crosses 
over to Old England he should ivithout fail look me up. 

At the Rochester, N. Y. Convention of the Students' Volunteer Movement of 
Foreign Missions I was a delegate from the British Movement. After the Con- 
vention, January 1910, I went back to Old Princeton. Everything on the campus 
interested me. How the place has grown ! But Murray Dodge Hall and the 
Olmstead House on Stockton Street meant most to me. In the latter the Students' 
Volunteer Movement of Foreign Missions began in 1884, and since then 4400 Vol- 
unteers have gone out as missionaries from United States and Canada; much more 
than we expected. 

"Bob" was married on September 7, 1892, to Miss Helena Sophie Olsson, of 
Christiania, Norway, and has four daughters : Elizabeth Leonore, bom January 
24, 1896, at Poona, India; Grace Helena, bom July 18, 1897, at Veldre, Norway; 
Ruth Evelyn, born May i, 1899, at Montclair, N. J., and Mary Dorothy, born 
December 20, 1900, at Coonoor, India. The girls attend school at Threame House 
School, Hempstead, London. 

Wildee's Excellent Work. 

From The Student Movement, London, May, 1900. 

The General Committee of the Student Christian Movement at its Easter meeting took 
the important step of inviting Mr. Wilder to become a permanent officer of the Move- 
ment. Hitherto Mr. Wilder has been retained on agreement for short periods. An 
important invitation to Mr. Wilder from outside the United Kingdom made the Executive 
aware of the possibility of losing his services. After careful consideration the Executive 
decided to invite him to become a Travelling Secretary of the Movement for some years. 
Mr. Wilder is constantly in demand from all parts of the college field ; some invitations 
have been repeated again and again for the last three years without his having been able 
to find time to accept them. It is believed that the position of Travelling Secretary to the 
whole Movement will give him the widest possible scope for the use of his gifts, and will 
enable him from time to time to undertake special work for each of the three departments. 
We are glad to be able to say that the invitation which was given most cordially by a 
unanimous Executive has been equally cordially accepted by Mr. Wilder. We may, there- 
fore, look forward to having him with us for some years. 

As the appointment is of considerable importance to the Movement we append the 
extract from the minutes of General Committee making it; 

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"i. That Mr. Wilder be cordially invited to become Travelling Secretary of the 
Student Christian Movement, and that in tendering him this invitation the General Commit- 
tee desire to place on record their deep sense of gratitude for the valuable services 
rendered to the Movement by Mr. Wilder during all his connection with it. They value him 
not less for his help as a spiritual force on the Executive than for his work done in the 

college field. ... , ,• -^i -j j 

"2 That Mr. Wilder's appointment be subject to a years notice on either side, and 
that it come up for reconsideration by the Executive in ten years' time, t. e., 1920. 

"3 That in view of the fact that Mr. Wilder has such close links with the Student 
Movements on the Continent of Europe this Executive recognize that possibly the best con- 
tribution they can give to the Federation in the immediate future will be to lend the services 
of Mr Wilder occasionally for Continental visitation, and they are willing to do this 
on the' same terms as in the past after due consultation between Mr. Wilder, themselves, 
and the Federation Authorities. ,• v. u .u 17 .■ " 

"These resolutions were earned unanimously and with great cordiality by the Executive. 



JAMES C. WILEY. 

Wiley was not very long in Princeton. He entered in September 1882 and left 
in December 1882. Those of the class who remember him during this brief 
period will regret to learn of his death which occurred on December 10, 1897, after 
an attack of Bright's disease. 

After leaving Princeton Wiley went to Lafayette where he spent two and 
a half years, then going West for "cow punching". After a few years of travel, he 
setled down in his home at Lancaster, Pa., and on April i, 1888 entered the firm 
of J. L. Metzger & Co., manufacturers and wholesale dealers in fine cigars. 
Wiley was never married. 

SAMUEL RENWICK WILLS. 

"Sammy" was born in Alleghany City, Pa., on May 16, 1863, son of Williain 
Wills and Anna M. Harmon. He was prepared for college at Newell Institute, 
Pittsburg, entered Princeton in 1882 and stayed through the four years in the 
"Scientif" department. 

"Sammy" was in the wholesale dry-goods store of Joseph Home & Co., 
Pittsburg, for two years, and then went into the steel inspecting business. He has 
been in the employ of Robert W. Hunt & Co., engineers, most of the time, with 
headquarters at Pittsburg. 

He was married November 21, 1899, to Miss M. Bell Herring, of Wilkins- 
burg. On their honeymoon they stopped at Princeton for a few days. They 
have no children. 

WILLIAM PHELPS WOOD. 

"Woody" was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., August 11, 1863, a son of Isaac 
Wood and Emily H. Wells. His two brothers are Princeton men : Ira W. Wood 
'"/y, now a member of Congress from the Trenton, N. J., district, and Edward 
S. Wood '85. He prepared for college at State Model School, Trenton, entered 
Princeton in 1882 and was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1886. After 
graduation "Woody" engaged in the rubber business with his brother, Wood '85, 
at Morrisville, Pa., across the river from "dear old" Trenton, under the name of 
the Union Rubber Works. "Woody" was president of the Company. He sold his 
interest in the concern, and since then has led a life of more or less leisure, travel- 
ling in Europe, Cuba, Atlantic City and Lake Placid, with constant voyages from 
Trenton to Princeton for athletic contests and class reunions. He is not married. 

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He belongs to the Princeton Clubs of Philadelphia and Trenton and the Trenton 
Country Club. 

JAMES WILSON WOODROW. 

Woodrow was born in Chillicothe, O., January 26, 1865, son of Thomas 
Woodrow and Helen Sill. He prepared for college at the Cillicothe High School, 
entered Princeton in September 1882, and was graduated with the degree of C.E. 
in 1886. 

On leaving Princeton he went into the engineering department of the N. Y. 
C. & S. L. R. R. Co., and became assistant engineer of the Western Division 
between Belleview, O., and Chicago. He became in June 1888 eastern agent of the 
Smith Bridge Co., of Toledo, O., and later went into the engineering department 
of the Metropolitan and Kings County Elevated Railroad Co. In February 
1889 he went to Venezuela as assistant engineer of location for a French rail- 
road company and was in charge of the bridges on construction, with headquarters 
at Maracaibo. Since then he has been engaged in engineering or mine superin- 
tendency in this country, South America, and Mexico. From April 1907 to date, 
he has been examining mining engineer for Phelps, Dodge (Cleveland H. Dodge 
'79) & Co., with headquarters at Bisbee, Ariz. 

Woodrow was married at Chillicothe, O., August 4, 1897, to Miss Nancy 
Waddell, the author, who writes under the name of Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. 

Woodrow is a member of the University Club of New York. He was at one 
time Mayor of Empire, Col. 

FREDERIC A. YOUNG. 

"Fred" Young was born at Hudson, N. Y., on March 23, 1864, a son of 
Prof. Charles A. Young and Augusta Mien. He prepared for college at the 
Princeton Preparatory School, entered college in 1882, and was graduated 
with the degree of C.E. in 1886. 

He took a special course at Princeton after graduation, and then became 
connected with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, serving with that 
department from May 27, 1887, to May 30, 1907. He spent six seasons in 
Alaska, and has been engaged in work in almost every state of the Union. In 
1900 he was in command of the Coast Survey steamer Endeavor, making hydro- 
graphic surveys in Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, Potomac River, Key West, 
Fla., New Bedford, Mass., and the Gulf of Mexico. 

He writes: 

I left the Coast Survey as I had an opportunity to settle down in Wiashington 
and establish a home for myself and family after twenty years of wandering all 
over the United States. I am a member of the Cosmos Club and the Alumni 
Association of the District of Columbia. 

"Fred" was married to Gertrude Orendorf in 1903 and has one child, a boy, 
Roger F. Young. 

NO REPORT. 

No report has been received concerning the following: J. H. Casterline, 
John C. Montanye, C. L. ("Pug") Rayner, Frank D. ("Lugs") Reynolds, Daniel 
C. Smith (who dropped into '87), and John G. Westbrook. 



SONS OF '86 IN COLLEGE 
"Still there^s more to follow." 

LEDLIE IRWIN LAUGHLIN, Scientific, 
Class of 1912. 

WILLIAM DENISON BICKMAN, Academic, 
Class of 1913. 

ROBERT JENNINGS MATHIS, Academic, 
Class of 1913. 

JOHN RHEA MONTGOMERY, Academic, 
Class of 1913. 

WALTER BRYANT HERVEY, Academic, 
Class of 1914. 

HENRY ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN, JR., Scientific, 
Class of 1914. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



James Collins Adams, 

William Arrott, 

Samuel Mills Bavin, 

Herbert Lament Brice, 

William A. Calhoun (did not graduate), 

Horace Newton Congar, Jr., 

John H. Denny (graduated in '87), 

Henry Hazlitt Forsyth, Jr. (did not graduate), 

George I. Foster (did not graduate), 

Benjamin H. Gaskill (did not graduate), 

William J. Goudy (did not graduate), 

Robert S. Green, Jr., 

Charles E. Griffith, 

Marshall Halstead, 

James Arden Harriman, 

J. Parke Hood (did not graduate), 

Otis Leander Jacobs, 

William Dickey Kearns, 

Henry Gumming Lamar, 

John Cass Mathis 

John W. McAIpin (did not graduate), 

Carroll McKinney, 

John McMullin (did not graduate), 

John Stevens Parker, 

Horace M. Porter (graduated in '87), 

Edward O. Robinson, 

George Black Roddy, 

Morse Rowell (did not graduate), 

George Lester Rundle, 

Alexander Stewart, 

William Edward Strater (did not graduate), 

Edwin K. Thomas (did not graduate), 

Henry Pennington Toler, 

Lewis H. Towler, 

John C. Wiley (did not graduate). 



Sept. 9, igoS. 

March 6, 1900. 
May 23, 1902. 
Sept. 3, 1887. 
April 21, 1898. 
Jan. II, 1900. 
July 15, 1897. 
May 1887. 
May 25, 1905. 
1894. 

May 17, 1904 
June 14, 1905. 
Jan. 29, 1908. 
April 20, 1909. 
March 17, 1904. 
Sept. 30, 1897. 
April 13, 1900. 
March i, 1891. 
Dec. 2, 1904. 
Aug. 9, 1910. 
Oct. II, 1894. 
Jan. 8, 1903. 
June 30, 1904. 
Sept. 30, 1890. 

Sept. 9, 1910. 
April 1896. 
Jan. 21, 1901. 
Jan. 8, 1895. 
May 24, 1908. 
May 1889. 
Feb. I, 1910. 
June 25, 1899. 
Dec. ID, 1897. 



Total number of deaths, 35. 



MARRIED. 

Clarence J. Allen to Elizabeth S. Steele, at Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. i8, 1888. 

Pearce Bailey to Edith Newbold Black, Nov. 11, 1899, at Jobstown, N. J. 

William Ballantyne, Jr., to Alice L. Jeffras, at Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 6, 1893. 

Daniel B. Banks, to Jean Warner Matthews, Sept. 5, 1888; to Garey Tiernan Walton, June 

7. 1905. 
Joseph D. Baucus to Emma Olney,* of Rome, N. Y., on March 7, 1890. 

Grant R. Bennett to Nina Frances Morgan, at Chicago, 111., on June 8, 1892. 

S. Mills Bevin* to Julia Huntington Williams, at Brooklyn, N. Y., on Nov. 14, 1889. 

D. D. Bickham to Anne Raub Stout, at Easton, Pa., on Oct. 19, 1887. 

Montgomery Blair to Edith Draper, on Feb. 26, 189S, at Washington, D. C. 

W. R. Blakemore to Mary Ellen Neely, in Paris, Ky., Jan 3, 1899. 

W. H. Blauvelt to Adele Picot Wilson, in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 22, 1891. 

Robert B. Bowie to Mary Clare O'Connor, at Baltimore, Sept. 5, 1904. 

J. H. Boyd to Susan M. Adams, of Portland, Me., on March 25, 1896. 

John Calhoun to Louise B. Johnstone, of Connellsville, Pa., July 31, 1900. 

A. Guyot Cameron to Anne Wood Finley, of London, O., June 21, 1899. 

James C. Carter to Carrie W. Crane, at Boonton, Oct. 8, 1889. 

Samuel T. Carter, Jr., to Anna Washburn Burnham, at Morristown, N. J., Oct. 21, 1897. 

John W. Carey to Mae Alice Stone, of Chicago, on Oct. 2, 1889 

Joseph Cashman to Katharine Blatter, of Philadelphia, on June 17, 1903. 

John T. Charlton to Bertha Brown, of Madison, Wis., on June 18, 1902. 

Charles H. Chetwood to Jeannette C. Mecke, on June 17, 1891. 

Lowrie Childs to Hortense E. Ferguson, at Hudson, N. Y., June 11, 1891. 

David E. Crozier to Margaret Hall Garrett, at Germantown, Pa., Dec. 17, 1907. 

George H. Davis to Julia Cullom, at Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 4, 1903. 

William S. Dodd to Mary Johnson, of Oswego, July 19, 1893. 

Thomas J. Dolan to Yzabel W. Hoffman. 

Anthony W. Durrell to Alfaretta Kemper French,* on March 12, 1892; to Olga Frances 

Burchard at Philadelphia, Pa., on April 22, 1900. 
George T. Eddy to Rose Gabriel, at Cleveland, Ohio, June 4, 1896. 
Bertric Egbert to Clara May Irwin, at Jacksonville, Fla., April 10, 1895. 
W. S. Elder to Maud Eccles, in Chicago, 111., Sept. 25, 1893. 
H. C. Elsing to Lucy Thompson, at Meckknburgh, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1896. 
Charles R. Erdman to Mary Estelle Pardee, at Germantown, Pa., June i, 1892. 
Frank B. Everitt to Sara Helena Van Dyke, of Stockton, N. J., Sept. 11, 1895. 
Wilson Farrand to Margaret Washburne Walker, of Boston, Mass., Nov. 23, 1889. 
M. C. Fleming to Angeline Wilson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Oct. 11, 1893. 
Joseph H. Gaines to Marjorie Lewis Gentry, of Charleston, W. Va., on Nov 23, 1898. 
H. Victor Cause to S. May White, at Philadelphia, on April 19, 1887. 
William J. Goudy* to Carolyn Harvey Walker, Dec. 14, 1887. 
James S. Green to Mary Moxley Fisher, of Baltimore, Md., Sept. 20, 1892. 
Charles E. Griffith* to Elizabeth L. Foresman,* at Johnsonburg, N. J., Nov. 23, 1887. 
W. D. W. Hall to Elizabeth Orr, at Lewes, Del., July 19, 1893. 

Charles D. Halsey to Effie Van Rensselaer Grubb, at Burlington, N. J., Nov. 20, 1895. 
R. T. H. Halsey to Helen Romans,* of New York, on Jan. 10, 1894; to Effie' Underhiil 

Grossman, at New York, on Feb. 18, 1909. 
Marshal Halstead* to Clara Lunkenheimer, at Cincinnati, Ohio., June 22, 1907. 

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S. M. Hamill to Lila Clarke Kennedy, at Philadelphia, April 17, 1895. 

John W. Harding to Ruth Guthrie Thompson, Oct. 24, 1901. 

David E. Harlan to Catharine Meily Freeman, at Lima, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1898. 

J. Arden Harriman* to Adele Lesher, of New York, on Nov. 211, 1896. 

Tracy H. Harris to Laura Curtis, of New York, on Sept. 4, 1890. 

Walter B. Harris to Anne L. Yeomans, of Princeton, Nov. 22, 1892. 

Charles Helliwell to Minnie A. Morris, at Sandwich, Mass., June 29, 1887. 

Samuel C. Henning to M. Julie Duke. 

Walter L. Hervey to Antoinette Bryant, of Gilbertsville, N. Y., July 14, 1887. 

Harry Hillard to Ellen Walsh Humphreys, of Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 15, 1891. 

Hugh L. Hodge to Annie Fleming Beith, of Glasgaw, Scotland, Oct. 18, 1893. 

Richard M. Hodge to Alice Austen, of Gkncoe, Md„ June 28, 1888. 

J. Parke Hood* to Emily Baird Thompson, at Pottsville, Pa., April 15, 1891. 

James H. Horner to Laura Moye, of Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1888. 

Walter B. Howe to Annie Jewett Collins, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 28, 1895. 

William H. Hudnut to Harriet S. Beecher, at Northampton, N. Y., June 25, 1890 

Otis L. Jacobs* to Nellie Madge, of Baltimore, Md., Nov. 24, 1887 

Charles A. Jaggar to Anna H. White, of Southampton, N. Y., June 9, 1887. 

Henry W. Jessup to Mary H. Stotesbury of Philadelphia Oct. 15, 1889. 

William Jessup to Faith Jadwin, of Brooklyn, Oct. 15, 1890. 

Robert C. Johnston to Delia B. Patterson, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., June 29, 1897. 

Henry L. Kemper to Clara V. D. Runyon, of New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 24, 1894. 

Adrian H. Larkin to Katharine Bache Satterthwaite, of Nutley, N J., Sept. 2, 1891. 

James B. Laughlin to Clara B. Young, of Pittsburg, Pa., Oct 10, 1888. 

John J. Lawrence, Jr., to Clara Louise Andrews, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1892. 

Robert L. Lee to Josephine Claiborne Wilson, of Roanoke, Va., June 29, 1897. 

John S. McAdam to Anna H. Crandall, at Newport, R. L, Nov. 6, 1895. 

James W McAlpin* to Catherine Bostwick Jones, Sept. 19, 1909. 

George B. McClellan to Georgiana L. Hecksber, of New York, at Newport, R. L, Oct. 30, 1889. 

S. J. McClenaghan to Anna B. Marsh, of Princeton, June 4, 1889. 
John W. McKenzie to Lotta Hilliker, of New York, Dec. 6, 1910. 
John McMullin* to Betty Hays, in Oakland, Cal., Jan. 4, 1888. 

W. S. MacLaren to Louise Cobane,* of Skaneateles, N. Y., June 14, 1892 ; to Blanche Free- 
man, of Philadelphia, Pa., April 12, 1898. 
Angustus S. Mapes to Helen Russell Shipman,* of Stony Ford, N. Y., on Oct. 14, 1891 ; to 
Annette M. Stewart, of New York, Feb. 8, 1897. 

John C Mathis* to Marie Wyatt, of Brooklyn, June 28, 1886. 

Frederick G. Mead to Anne L. Lawrence, of Paterson, N. J., April 28, 1887. 

David M. Milton to Ellen Hart Fink, of Louisville, Ky., March 25, 1896 

John A. Montgomery to Helen B. Stryker, of Trenton, N. J., Nov. 19, 1891. 

A. L. Neldon to Nancy O'Connor. 

John S. Parker* to Lizzie Sexton, of Asbury Park, N. J., Oct. 20, 1880. 

Stewart Paton to Frances Margaret Halsey, of New York, June 24, 1892. 

Edward H. Pershing to Marie Antoinette Boggess, of Clarksburg, W. Va., Jan. 20, 1900. 

Horace M. Porter* to Adelaide Wattson. 

William Rankin to Carrie Louise Rundle, of Passaic, N. J., June 11, 1902. 

Joseph P. Ranney to Mary G. Kintzing, of Buffalo, June 16, 1908. 

Alfred N. Raven to Ella Perry, at Oswego, N. Y., July 21, 1888. 

Arthur W. Remington to Mary Louise Kimball, of Milford, N. H., July 2, 1890. 

George Reynolds to Julia Nitchie Cobb, at Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 29, 1892. 

Edward O. Robinson* to Mary B. McKnight, at Sewickley, Pa., Oct. 27, 1897. 

George B. Roddy* to Lillian O. Barnett, at New Bloomfield, June 10, 1903. 

Richard Reid Rogers to Eunice Tomlin, at Jackson, Tenn., June 25, 1892. 

Morse Rowell* to Belle J. England, of White Plains, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1888. 

George L. Rundle* to Helen McDonalds.* 

* Deceased. 



Walter K Sharpe to Helen McKeehan Cook, of Chambersburg, Pa., May 6, 1897. 

George E. Sbea to Celine Bonheur, of Paris, May 20, 1897. 

R. C. Sheldon to Isabella Marvin, of Jamestown, N. Y., June 16, 1898. 

John A. Silver to Agnes McMurdo, of London, Eng., June 3, 1891. 

Renwick T. Sloane to Katherine Sitterley, of Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 23, 1907. 

Harrison B. Smith to Katherine Dana Bowne, of Brooklyn, N. Y., May 12, 1896. 

Charles S. Stoddard to Laura Van Ausdal, June 21, 1888 at Dayton, Ohio. 

William E. Strater to Jessie La Nauze Clark, of Louisville, Dec. 14, 1893. 

Llewellyn Thomas to . 

William F. Timlow to Evelyn Carolan, of San Francisco, April 23, 1895. 

Henry P. Toler* to Virginia Wheeler, of New York, 1888. 

Robert D. Totten to Elizabeth A. Reymer, of Allegheny City, Pa., Dec. 20, 1892. 

L. H. Towler* to Leela May Savage, at Olivet, Mich., Jan. 2, 1889. 

W. S. Vanneman to Marguerite Amy Fox, of Philadelphia, Pa., July, 1900. 

Charles S. Van Syckel to Isabel S. Stephens, of Trenton, N. J., Oct. 11, 1888. 

James A. Van Wagenen to Evelyn Jean Leger, of Montreal, Canada, Oct. 27, 1908. 

John M. Waddell to Nellie Lee Storer, at Elm Grove, W. Va., May 25, 1892. 

Albert C. Wall to Maria Gibson Carey, of Baltimore, Md., April 30, 1896. 

Rodman Wanamaker to Fernande Antonia Henry,* of Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1886; to Violet 

Cruger, of Tuxedo Park, N. Y., at Westminster, England, July 27, 1909. 
Gaylord S. White to Sophie Douglass Young, of New York, June 6, 1892. 
Robert P. Wilder to Helene Sophie Olsson, of Christiana, Norway, Sept. 7, 1892. 
Samuel R. Wills to M. Bell Henning, of Wilkinsburg, Nov. 21, 1899. 
J. Wilson Woodrow to Nancy Mann Waddell at Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1897. 
Frederick A. Young to Gertrude Orendorf, of Baltimore, Md., 1903. 

* Deceased. 



THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF EIGHTY-SIX. 

Francis Olcott Allen, born Sept. 19, 1889. 



Edith Newbold Bailey, born Feb. ^T, igoi- 
Pearce Bailey, Jr., born July, 1902. ) TWINS 

James Lawrence Baiky, born July, 1902. ( 
Geraldine Bailey, born Sept., 1907. 

Gretchen Banks, born Sept. 17, 1889. 

Married to John Sellers Barnes, of Philadelphia, Oct. 27, 1909. 
Daniel B. Banks, Jr., born Jan. 12, 1895. 



Fidele Watrous Bevin, born Dec. 24, 1891 ; died Nov. 18, 1900. 

Allen W. Bevin, born Sept. 28, 1893. 

Newton P. Bevin, born Oct. 4, 1895. 

Harriet Morgan Bevin, born March 11, 1898. 

Emily Marie Bickham, born Dec. 19, 1889; died Dec. 26, 1890. 
William Denison Bickham, born Oct. 31, 1891. 
Ann Elizabeth Bickham, born July 29, 1894. 

Edith Blair, born Sept. 6, 1896. 
Minna Blair, born Nov. 23, 1897. 
Montgomery Blair, Jr., born Nov. 9, 1898. 
Virginia Blair, born Dec. 21, 1899. 
William Blair, born Dec. 13, 1902. 
Ellen Blair, born May 25, 1905- 

Katherine Taylor Blakemore, born Jan. 21, 1903; died July 4, 1905. 

Adele Blauvelt, born Aug. 3, 1893. 
Katharine Blauvelt, born June 10, 1900. 



Helen Boyd, born Jan. 3, 1897. 
Mary Boyd, born July IS, i899- 
James Harrington Boyd, Jr., born Nov. 29, 1902. 



Sarah Elizabeth Calhoun, born May I, 1901. 
John Adky Calhoun, born March IS, 1905. 

Constance Guyot Cameron born Oct. 20 1900. 

Arnold Guyot Cameron U, born June 3, 1902. 

David Pierre Guyot Cameron, born April i, 1904. 

Nicholas Guyot Cameron, born Nov. 6, 190S. 

Stephanie Guyot Cameron, born Nov. 6, 190S ; died Feb. 6, le 

Gerard Guyot Cameron, born Feb. 26, 1909. 

Miriam Cochran Carter, born Jan. 16, 1891. 
Thomas Donald Carter, born Jan. 28, 1893. 

(Children of James C. Carter) 

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Gladys B. Carter, born Oct. 6, 1898. 
Burnhani Carter, born March 21, 1901. 
Samuel T. Carter, 3rd, born Oct. 6, 1904. 

(Children of Samuel T. Carter, Jr.) 



Margaret Stone Gary, born Jan. 5, 1894. 
Elizabeth Cashman, born March i, 1910. 

Malcolm Charlton, born June 8, 1905. 
Louise Charlton, born June 11, 1910. 



Charles Everard Childs, born June 6, 1892. (Class Boy of '91.) 

George Cullom Davis, born Jan. 13, 1905- 
Shelby Cullom Davis, born April i, 1909. 



Thomas Dolan 3rd, born ■ 



Anthony W. Durell, Jr., born Nov. 28, 1895. 

Dudley Burchard Durell, born April 30, 1901 ; died in 1901. 

Lilian Durell, born Oct. i, 1908. 

Alfred Gabriel Eddy, born June 10, 1891. 

Priscilla Alden Eddy, I „,,,.,.,„ u r\ .,„ .o^r 
T- ■ r- .u • I7J 1 * r TWINS, born Dec. 29, 1895. 
Eunice Catherme Eddy* ) 

* Died March 14, 1897. 
Helen Egbert, born Nov. 10, 1899. 



Duncan Elder, born Sept. 6, 16 



Katherine Elsing, born May i, 1898. 
Margaret Elsing, born Nov. 29, 1899. 

Calvin Pardee Erdman, born Aug. 16, 1893. 
Mary P. Erdman, born March 4, 1895. 
Charles R. Erdman, Jr., born Aug. 25, 1897. 
Alice Erdman, born March 24, 1904. 

Kenneth Van Dyke Everitt, born Oct. 16, 1896. 
Helen Gladys Everitt, born May 4, 1903. 
James Donald Everitt, born April 24, 1906. 

Margaret Louise Farrand, born Dec. 3, 1891. 
Katherine Farrand, bom April 19, 1893. 
Dorothy Farrand, born June i, 1897. 

Wilson Fleming, born Sept. 12, 1895 ; died Feb. 23, li 
Mathew C. Fleming, Jr., born June 8, 1899. 
William Wilson Fleming, born Oct. 19, 1909. 

Joseph Holt Gaines, Jr., born Nov. 11, 1900. 
Tbeophilus Stockton Gaines, born Feb. 3, 1902. 
Richard Kenna Gaines, born July 31, 1903. 
Marjorie Lewis Gaines, born March 21, 1905. 



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Ann Blair Gaines, born March 26, 1908. 
Helen Van Bibber Gaines, born May 13, 1909. 



James S. Green, Jr., born March 16, 1894. 
Margaret W. Green, born Aug. 27, 1895. 
Frances W. Green, born July 24, 1897. 
Grace W. Green, born June 24, 1899. 
Richard F. Green, born Dec. 25, 1901. 
Mary Moxley Green, born Sept. 5, 1904. 



Helen F. Griffith, born Dec. 4, 



David Hall, born Oct. 4, 1898; died July 22, 1899. 



Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Halsey, born Oct. 11, 1896. 
Charles Day Halsey, Jr., born Jan. 9, 1900. 
Lily Van Rensselaer Halsey, born July 15, 1906. 



E. D. Kennedy Hamill, born June 7, 1897. 
Samuel McC. Hamill, born Aug. 8, 1899. 
Hugh Maxwell Hamill, born April 16, 1901. 



Jean G. Harding, born Jan. 27, 1903. 



Olivia Harlan, born Sept. 6, 1899. 
Catherine Harlan, born Nov. 30, 1900. 
Herbert Harlan, born April 23, 1902. 



Dorothy C. Harris, born Oct. 16, 1893. 

Walter B. Harris, born Oct. 19, 1895. 

George Yeomans Harris, born April 11, 1901 ; died April 14, 1901. 

Helen B. Harris, born 1S92. 

(Children of Walter B. Harris.) 



Lilian Agnes Helliwell, born Jan. 22, 1889. 
Marian Angela Hellivi'ell, born Aug. 25, 1891. 
Charles Harold Helliwell, born July i, 1897. 



Walter Bryant Hervey, born June 16, 1892. 



Humphreys Hillard, born Jan. 17, 1894. 

A daughter, born Dec. 24, 1904, who died a few days later. 



Gilberth Beith Hodge, born July 25, 1900. 
Beatrice Hodge, born Sept. 13, 1903. 

(Children of Hugh L. Hodge.) 



Genevieve Austen Hodge, born Sept. 22, 1894. 
Edward Austen Hodge, born March 30, 1896. 

(Children of Richard M. Hodge.) 



John Parke Hood, Jr., born April 21, 1893. 
Sidney Hood, born Jan. 2, 1896. 
James Gowan 'lood, born Dec. 29, 1899. 
Heber Thompson Hood, born April 13, 1904. 

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Dorothy Hudnut, born June 22, 1891. 
Marjorie Hudnut, born Dec. 27, 1892. 
Herbert Beecher Hudnut, born Feb. 4, 189Z 
Ella Katharine Hudnut, born Oct. 26, 1895. 

Paul Burke Jacobs, born June 12, 1889. 
Oscar Madge Jacobs, born Jan. 16, 1892. 



Mary Pelletreau Jaggar, born Jan 14, i 
Gertrude Elizabeth Jaggar, born June 3> 



Henry Herbert Jessup, born Feb. 18, 1891. 
Theodore Carrington Jessup, born Feb. 28, 1892. 
John Butler Jessup, born Sept. 18, 1894. 
Philip Caryl Jessup, born Jan. 5, 1897. 
Richard Stotesbury Jessup, born Oct. i, 1907. 
(Children of H. W. Jessup.) 

Theodosia Davenport Jessup, born March 17, 1892. 
Ehzabeth Palmer Jessup, born July 28, 1894. 
Helen Butchart Jessup, born Aug. 27, 1895. 
Henry Harris Jessup, born Oct., 1897; died May S, i^ 
Faith Jadwin Jessup, born Sept. 18, 1902. 

(Children of William Jessup.) 



Warren E. Kemper, born July 21, 1895. 
Cornelia R. Kemper, born Sept. 20, 1897. 



James Satterthwaite Larkin, born May 12, 1893. 
Sara Elizabeth Larkin, born Dec. 9, 1896. 



Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, born April 26, li 
Henry A. Laughlin, born March 18, 189 
Alice D. Laughlin, born Oct. 19, 1895. 



Louise Lawrence, born Oct. 17, 1893. 
John J. Lawrence, Jr., born Oct. 15, 1895. 
William W Lawrence, born May 9, 1897. 
Miriam Lawrence, born Feb. 2, 1899. 



Roger William McAdam, born March 24, 1900. 

William Crandall McAdam") ^„ ^,„ . 

John S. McAdam, Jr. | ^WINS, born Nov. 26, 1902. 



Marguerite McClenaghan, born June 19, iS 
Willis McClenaghan, born July 6, 1894. 
Esther McClenaghan, born July 12, 1899. 



Mary McKecknie, born 1902. 



John McMuUin, Jr., born 1890. 
Eliza McMullin, born 1891. 
Harmon McMullin, born 1894. 



Lydia Cobane MacLaren, born June 2, 189 
Wiliam S. MacLaren, Jr., born June 16, 189 
Donald Ross MacLaren, born Feb. 14, 1903. 

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John A. Mapes II, born Feb. S, 1898. 
Douglas Stewart Mapes, born April 28, 1901 



Robert J. Mathis, born Jan. 4, 1890. 

John C. Mathis, Jr., born August 22, 1897. 



Christine Mead, born July 28, i8go. 
Mary R. Mead, born April 9, 1893. 



Albert Fink Milton, born Sept. 11, 1897. 
David M. Milton, Jr., born Feb. 22, 1900. 
Ellen Fink Milton, born Dec. 14, 1902. 



John R. Montgomery, born Nov. 6, 1892. 
Helen S. Montgomery, bom Sept. 6, 1894. 



Nancy Nelden, born 1897. 



Alma T. Parker 1 _ 

Edna H. Parker | TWINS, born Nov. 24, 1887. 

Claude Willard Parker, April 2, 1890. 
Leigh S. Parker, born 1882 ; died 1883. 



Frances Evelyn Paton, born Sept. 1895. 
William Paton, born Sept. 1897. 
Richard Townley Paton, born April 1901. 



Teresa Rankin, born Feb. 5, 1904. 
Caroline Ayer Rankin, born Sept. 28, 1905. 
Wilhelmina Rankin, born March 10, 1908. 



Helen Penington Ranney, born March 5, 191 1. 



Alfred Perry Raven, born May i, 1892. 



Sanford Cobb Reynolds, born Oct. 27, 1893. 
Katharine Rainsford Reynolds, born May 16, 1896. 



Edward O. Robinson, Jr., born Dec. 28, 1900; died July 4, 1902. 
Charles McKnight Robinson, born Dec. 2, 1906; died Jan. 20, 1908. 
Harlan Baird Robinson, born June 8, 1909. 



Stanhope Orris Roddy, born Feb. i, 1904. 

George Black Roddy, born May 24, 1905 ; died Sept. 4, 1905. 

Robert Edward Roddy, born June 11, 1906. 

Martha Ege Roddy 

Lillian Barnett Roddy 



j- TWINS, born May 20, 1908. 



Elizabeth Reid Rogers, born Aug. 17, 1895. 



Ira Morse Rowell, born March 31, 1890. 
Mary Belle Rowell, born Oct. 25, 1891. 
Marjorie Lily Rowell, born Nov. 14, 1893. 
Violet England Rowell, born Aug. 13, 1895. 



Henry McDonald Rundle, born July 10, 18 



John McDowell Sharpe, born March 30, 18 
Winifred Sharpe, born Oct. 24, 1903. 
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George Edward Shea, Jr., born July 27, 1902 
Henry Gregory Shea, born Jan. 14, 1904. 



Julia Sheldon, born Oct. 25, igoo. 

Ralph C. Sheldon, Jr., born June 24, 1905. 



Edward McMurdo Silver, born March 15, 1903. 



Harrison Bowne Smith, born March 2, iS 
Helen Dana Smith, born March 2, 1900. 
Alex Quarrier Smith, born March 23, i8< 



John W. Stoddard, Jr., THE CLASS BOY, born April 16, li 
Roberts Van Ausdal Stoddard, born Dec. 29, 1890. 
Mary Chloe Stoddard, born June 5, 1894. 



Edward La Nauze Strater, born Dec. 2, 1894. 



Emily Carolan Timlow, born April 17, li 



Dorothy Toler, born Oct. 19, 1891. 

Now the wife of John H. Auerbach, Princeton 1905 ; married Dec. 15, 1909. 
Henry P. Toler, Jr., born Oct. 19, 1891. 



Elizabeth R. Totten, born Dec. 9, 1893. 
Phyllis Totten ) ^,,„,,^ , ,, , „ 

Louise M. Totten} TWINS, born March 18, 1902. 



John W. Towler, born April 20, 1891. 
Charles A. Towler, born Oct. 13, 1896. 



Aimee Sherin Vanneman, born Dec. 8, 1892. 
Dorothy Jewett Vanneman, born May 8, 1894. 
Irene Wood Vanneman, born Nov. 26, 1896. 
Ruth Vanneman, born Feb. 17, 1892 ; died Feb. 27, i£ 



James Stephen Van Syckel, born Sept. 5, 1889. 

Mary Elizabeth Van Syckel, born March 12, 1892; died Aug. 24, 1910. 

Isabel Van Syckel, born June 18, 1897. 

Helen Van Syckel, born Dec. 24, 1901. 



Elizabeth Calhoun Waddell, born Feb. 28, 1893. 

Susan Sharpe Waddell, born Nov. 2, 1894. 

Archibald McDonald WaddelH ^ 

John Storer Waddell | TWINS, born Jan. 2, ig 

Eleanor Lee Waddell, born Oct. 13, 1905. 



Josephine Carey Wall, born Dec. 13, li 
Albert Carey Wall, born Feb. 2, 1902. 



Fernande Wanamaker, born . 

Married in Paris, France, on Oct. 4, 1907, to Arturo Heeren, son of the 

Count and Countess de Heeren of Paris, France. 

John Wanamaker, Jr., born . 

Marie Louise Wanamaker, born . 

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Sophie Douglas White, born April 3, 1893. 
Charles Trumbull White, born Oct. 6, 1896. 
Cleveland Stuart White, born July 28, 1900. 
Katherine Gaylord White, born April 9, 1903. 



Elizabeth Leonore Wilder, born Jan. 24, 1896. 
Grace Helene Wilder, born July 18, 1897. 
Ruth Evelyn Wilder, born May i, 1899. 
Mary Dorothy Wilder, born Dec. 20, 1900. 



Roger F. Young, born 



Number of Boys 120 

Number of Girls 122 

Total 242 

Number of Twins 6 



EXTRA ! EXTRA ! 
Just as we are going to press, we are de-lighted to announce the birth of 
Yvonne Guyot Cameron to Guyot and Mrs. Cameron. 



A LETTER FROM THE CLASS BOY. 

The following letter from The Class Boy will be read with interest by the 
members of the Class : 

To THE Class of '86, 

Gentlemen : — Your Secretary, Mr. Evans, has asked me to write you a few words of 
greeting to be placed in the Class Record. The last time that I saw any of you I was hardly 
able to talk, much less to write. And now, I must admit, it is almost as difficult for me to 
write as it was then. 

It has always been a regret to me that I was not able to go to Princeton. Ever since 
I can remember I have heard of nothing but Princeton. Up to about two years before I 
entered college I had no idea of going any place but there ; in fact, I would not have dared 
mention another university as Princeton's equal. About that time, however, I learned that 
there was no Mechanical Engineering course at Princeton. Intending to go into the automo- 
bile business, as I do, I realized that that was the course for me to take. Cornell excelled 
in just such a course, and most of my best friends were going there and so it was natural 
that I should choose that college. The choice was entirely my own, my father having very little 
to do with the matter, although I know that he was disappointed. It took me some time to 
make up my mind to change to another University in this manner and it was with a great 
deal of regret that I finally decided to give up Princeton. I still think my choice a wise 
one, however, and am very well satisfied at Cornell though, as I said before, I still have 
regrets when I realize that I am not at Princeton. Always in my heart I shall have a 
soft spot for her, and, though I cannot be a Prinoetonian myself, I shall always keep in 
close touch with Old Nassau and will respect and love her with nearly the same respect and 
love that I have for my own Alma Mater. 

Very truly yours, 

J. W. Stoddard, Jr., 

Class Boy. 
Ithaca, N. Y., 

April i8, 191 1. 



PREVIOUS REUNIONS OF '86 

THE FIRST REUNION. 

The first reunion of the Class was held in Princeton at Carl's in Commencement week 
of June '87. Over fifty men came back and renewed their youth. The Secretary's account 
of the Class Dinner says: 

A jollier crowd never crossed legs beneath a dinner table. Everyone was speechful 
till all were speechless, and the festivities lasted till long into the morning of Commence- 
ment Day. Who that was there will ever forget the confidence of the Journalists in their 
ability to lick the Barristers, or how the Barristers threatened to wipe the Ministers from 
the face of the Earth, while the war cry passed from the Dry Goods men to the Pedagogues, 
and on to the Business Fiends. Eighty-Six thought then that it, or rather "Jack" Mathis, 
had a Class Boy, but Mathis has deceived and disappointed us, and the toast to the Boy 
was passed by with tears. How we cheered "Tilly" Lamar, and his ever-memorable run ! 
How we yelled ourselves hoarse over the glorious men who brought the football champion- 
ship to Princeton and the glory of victory to Eighty-Six ! And then the walk around the 
Triangle. However the steps might be, there were no uncertain hearts in that crowd, 
and the praises of Old Nassau were never more lovingly sung than by the loyal group 
who rounded up their cheers for their Alma Mater with a Tiger for '86. 

THE SECOND REUNION. 
The Second Reunion was held in June '88, with headquarters in University Hall. 
Thirty men sat down to the dinner, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed every moment. 

THE TRIENNIAL REUNION. 

The Secretary's account of this Triennial says : 

On June 18, 1889, the long-expected Triennial attracted sixty-seven members of the 
Class to the old scenes, and the old familiar places, and from Sunday to Wednesday, the 
campus resounded with the cheers and songs, the "hellos" and gags of '86. On Monday 
scores of the boys were introduced once more to the seductions and exhilarations of 
"Mud" punches. "Mud" was thousands of miles away, but his name was bathed in gallons 
of his favorite receipt, and many a classmate bore testimony to the wonderful efficacy of 
"Mud's" handicraft. On Tuesday the old time twirler, "Bick", displayed his amplitudinous 
legs once more to the admiring gaze of an enthusiastic band of classmates on the 'Varsity 
grounds. "Jim" Shaw was there too, but "Jim" covered the left garden while "Q" Kearns, 
the kingpin of the '86 "Scrub", put on the mask, (some one wanted to know why "Birdie" 
should find it necessary to wear a mask) and the gloves, and caught "Bick" with all 
the grace and ease imaginable. "Tray" Harris played in his old inimitable way, and 
waddled gleefully around the bases when the 'Varsity nine would give him a chance. 
"Brer" Gaines achieved the supreme distinction of his life and was permitted to call the 
balls and strikes as his fancy (it was stipulated that "Brer" should not exercise his judg- 
ment) dictated. But alas! "Bick" had grown old and feeble. His hand had lost its 
cunning, and though his legs were as statuesque and beautiful as of yore, the 'Varsity nine 
"touched him up" for several runs. On the same day about forty of the Boys were 
photographed in front of the "Old North." Tuesday was made further memorable by the 
informal reception which Dr. McCosh gave Eighty-Six on the campus. "Jimmy" made a 
brief speech in which he reiterated his fast-fixed belief that Princeton had never seen so 
wonderful a class as the Class of Eighty-Six. 

And it was the evening of that day when over three score of the Boys gathered around 
the tables in "Carl's" to celebrate the Triennial and to crown with song, cheer and toast, 
the supreme achievement of "Chunk" Stoddard in producing for the honor of his Qass 



and posterity the Class Boy. As to the presentation of the Class Cup to "Chunkie" 
Stoddard, Jr., it was deemed best that this interesting event should take place at the 
Decennial Reunion of the Class in 1896. 

These were the toasts : : 

"Eighty-Slx", by the Class President, Corry Fleming. 

"The Boys", by "Senator" Baucus. 

"The Class Boy", by "Chunk" Stoddard. 

"The Bar", by "Brer" Gaines. 

"The Doctors", by "Fe" Paton. 

"The Press", by "Shag" Congar. 

"The Pedagogues", by Wilson Farrand. 

And when "Pink-fingered Aurora" got her "fine work in" on the Eastern skies, the 
Boys of Eighty-Six were still singing and cheering for the Greatest Aggregation of Men 
that ever left Nassau Hall. 

On Commencement Day the following members of the Class "lined up" before President 
Patton and received the degree of Magister Artium : 

Bailey, Baucus, Blair, Carter, Cassel, Congar, Clark, Eddy, Erdman, Evans, Everitt, 
Farrand, Fleming, Gaines, J. Green, R. Green, Hall, Harris, Helliwell, Hervey, H. Hodge, 
R. Hodge, Jacobs, H. Jessup, W. Jessup, Kane, Kelley, Mapes, McClellan, McKenney, 
MacLaren, Montanye, Montgomery, Parker, Paton, Reynolds, Rogers, Shaw, Silver, Van 
Wagenen, Wall, White, Wilder. 

OTHEK REUNIONS. 

More or less informal reunions were also held, in the subsequent years, '90, '91, and' 
'92, and in the latter year the Class Cup was presented to the Class Boy who was 
present. 

THE DECENNIAL 

The next big reunion was the Decennial in 1896. For this purpose the Class had head- 
quarters of its own, practically the first class to do so, thereby establishing a precedent which 
all other classes have followed. The headquarters nicknamed by "Shag" Congar as "The 
Push", was Kiloran's establishment on Wiitherspoon Street, which was selected because it 
was opposite "Pat" Reilly's emporium. The Class attended the Princeton-Yale game on 
Saturday afternoon, but somehow or other, the game didn't arouse much interest. The 
evening was spent at Kiloran's, with "Shag" Congar as master of ceremonies, with songs 
by the '86 Quartette, Calhoun, Carter, Clark, and Shea, and remarks by everybody. 

Sunday was a day of rest and rumination. On Monday, the Class had its picture taken 
in front of Dickinson Hall. In the evening the Class Dinner was held at the Princeton Inn, 
and was the best that '86 had enjoyed up to that time. Speeches were made by Fleming, 
Cashman, Bailey, Mathis and Gaines, and by several members of visiting classes, with 
songs ad lib. by the Class Quartette. On Tuesday the Class attended the Alumni Dinner, 
at which Farrand spoke eloquently for and of '86. Several men remained until Thursday 
for the Princeton-Harvard ball game, and on Friday "Shag" sadly closed the doors of the 
•86 "Push". 

In the interim between the Decennial and the Quinquennial, informal reunions were 
held year after year, generally in New York. 

AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS. 

From June 7 to June 12, 1901, the Class, over fifty in number, gathered for its Fifteenth 
Reunion, with headquarters at No. 19 University Place, opposite the old Observatory. The 
reunion was almost entirely an open-air atifair, and the class spent most of its time 'neath 
the grateful shade of a capacious tent in the rear of the house. The steward of the 
Princeton Club of New York brought cooks, sup'plies and waiters and from Friday night 
to Wednesday noon, meals were served to the Class. 

The headquarters were opened on Friday night, and the feature of that and other 
evenings was the superb singing of George Shea. 

On Saturday afternoon the Class attended the Princeton- Yale Game and had the felicity 



of seeing Princeton win by the delectable score of 15 to 5. The evening of that most 
enjoyable day was spent at headquarters, with speeches multitudinous and songs and 
choruses by "AIfy" Baker '85, Hunter McAlpin '85, "Dominie" Studdiford '85, Ernest Carter 
'88 and the '86 Quartette. 

Sunday was a day of rest and reminiscence. In the afternoon the Class paid a visit 
of respect to the youngsters of '76 and enjoyed the hospitality of that hospitable class. 

On Monday morning, the Class golf tournament was held, a handicap affair won by 
Boyd. In the afternoon, a meeting of the Class was held and it was decided to build a 
house, to be known as the '86 house. This house now stands on the golf links and on the 
site of the Graduate College. It has more than justified itself as a splendid and suitable 
gift to the College. In the afternoon the Class photograph was taken on the steps of Nassau 
Hall. In the evening the Class Dinner was held at the Princeton Inn, a fine and most en- 
joyable session. These are the men who were present: 

Bailey, Bickham, Blair, Boyd, J. Carter, S. Carter, Cashman, Clark, Crozier, Davis, 
Eddy, Elsing, Erdman, Evans, Farrand, Fleming, J. Green, R. Green, Hall, R. T. Halsey, 
T. H. Harris, W. B. Harris, R. Hodge, Hood, Jaggar, Kane, Kelley, Lawrence, Mapes, 
Mathis, M. Miller, Milton, Montgomery, Pershing, Ranney, Reed, Robinson, Rogers, Shaw, 
Shea, Strong, Timlow, Vance, Van Syckel, Van Wagencn, White, Wood. 

Corry Fleming presided, and speeches were made by Cameron on "The Faculty" and 
Rogers on "The Law" with informal remarks by several men, and songs ad iiifin. After the 
dinner, the Qass adjourned to headquarters where, behind closed doors, a good old fashioned 
heart-to-heart experience meeting was held. 

On Tuesday, at the Alumni Dinner, "Brer" Gaines responded eloquently for '86. A 
large number of men stayed over till Wednesday, when the headquarters were closed with 
appropriate ceremonies by "Jay" Lawrence and "Brer" Gaines. 

AFTEE TWENTY TEARS. 

In 1906, the Class celebrated its twentieth Reunion with "bonfires and illumination", 
in its own home, the '86 house overlooking the beautiful vicinity of the golf links. The 
reunion began on Friday, June 8, and lasted until the following Wednesday. The "Class 
Hack" met all the incoming trains and carried the men from the station to the clubhouse and 
was kept busy plying to and fro during the reunion. The house, spick and span, bright and 
new, was in readiness. Over the mantle hung a huge portrait of "Tilly" Lamar, and beneath 
it a bronze tablet with the inscription : 

"this house presented to PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 

BY 

THE CLASS OF '86." 

On another v/all hung a frame containing the names of the members of '86, neatly 
engrossed, and illuminated in orange and black. 

Breakfast was served to all comers on Saturday morning and from that time to the 
close meals were served on the long veranda al fresco. At noon luncheon was served to the 
Class and the wives, sons and daughters of the Class, while Voss's band, of Newark, consist- 
ing of twenty pieces, "emitted sweet melodies". About fifty '86 men marched to the ball 
field and took part in the Alumni parade, headed by the band, and had again the felicity 
of seeing Princeton beat Yale when "Eddie" Harlan, Freshman, and a relative of "Davy" 
Harlan, "tore the cover ofif the ball" in the ninth inning and knocked in the winning run. 
Of course, that meant a glorious night for '86, and the evening was spent in mirth and 
music, song and speech at the clubhouse, with music by the far-famed Lone Star Quartette, 
sent on from Pittsburg with the compliments of "Joe" Shea '85. No one who was there 
that night and subsequently will forget the "Woodchuck" song. 

Sunday was spent at the clubhouse, and in strolling about the college grounds and 
viewing the beautiful new buildings, which make Princeton more attractive than ever. 

On Monday the athletes and "near" athletes of the class competed for prizes in golf 
and tennis and on Monday night the following men sat down to the Class Dinner, at 
which no one except the members of the Class were present : 

'Ballantyne, Banks, Baucus, Bickham, Boyd, Calhoun, "Sam" Carter, Cary, Cashman, 
Clark, Davis, Egbert, Elder, Elsing, Erdni'in, Evans, Farrand, Fleming, Gaines, Gause, 

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Green, Guthrie, Hall, Harlan, Tracy Harris, Hervey, "Dick" Hodge, Jaggar, Lawrence, 
MacLaren, Mapes, Montgomery, Ranney, Remington, Shaw, Shea, Smith, Timlow, Totten, 
Van Syckel, Van Wagenen, Waddell, Wall, White, Wood. 

Among those who were at the reunion but could not stay for the dinner were Dodd, 
Harriman, Howe, H. Jessup, Meserole, M. IVIiller, McClellan, Rogers, Sharpe and Stoddard. 

Corry Fleming presided and the same old '86 Quartette was on the job, with George 
Shea on hand, all the way from Paris. Speeches were made by Gaylord White, "Billy" 
Elder, Albert Wall and "Davy" Harlan, and the Class Secretary distributed prizes to the 
gladiators, the first prize in tennis doubles going to "Sam" Carter and "Brer" Gaines, and 
second prize to "Dodo" Green and Corry Fleming. The next day "Jopah" Smith won the 
golf prize from "Senator" Baucus. Altogether, it was a glorious and never-to-be-forgotten 
meeting. 

Several men departed the ne.xt day but thirty men went to the Alumni Dinner to hear 
"Brer" Gaines speak eloquently for '86. Another fine evening was enjoyed at the house 
and after breakfast the next morning the doors were closed. 

RECENT REUNIONS. 

Since the Twentieth Reunion the Class has had informal dinners each year generally 
at the Princeton or University Clubs in New York. 



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SENIOR HONORMEN. 



First Group — Magna Cum Laude. 

Fleming, Latin Salutatory. 

Roddy, English Salutatory. 

Eddy, Valedictory. 

Sheldon, Political Science Oration. 

Second Group — Cum Laude. 

(With special excellence in particular departments indicated.) 

Baucus, American Constitutional Laiu. 

Boyd, Mathematics. 

Calhoun, 

Cameron, 

Cary, 

Elsing, 

Erdman, 

Evans, 

Hervey, 

Mathis, 

McKecknie, 

Miller, E. D. 

Miller, M. M. 

Silver, 

Reed, 

Strong, 

Waddell, 

Wilder, 
Farrand entitled to 
ill health. 
Durell, W. Jessup and Kane, of the Third Group, also received 



English Literature, Creek. 
American Political History. 
Continental Literature. 
Philosophy. 
General Excellence. 
Political Economy. 
History. 

Ethics. 

Belles Lettres. 
Modern Languages. 
Physics. 
Metaphysics. 

Mental Science. 

place on the honor list, but not regularly examined on account 



ommencement Orations. 



SENIOR PRIZEMEN. 

Alexander Guthrie McCosh prize — Eddy. 

Class of 1859 prize in English Literature — Cameron. 

In Science and Religion — Helliwell. 

George Potts Bible prize — Silver, Wilder. 

Lyman H. Atwater prize in Political Science — Kane. 

Lynde Prize Debate — Farrand (Clio) first prize; R. Hodge (Whig) second prize; 

H. W. Jessup (Whig) third prize. 



BASEBALL RECORD IN SENIOR YEAR. 

Yale won the championship, defeating Harvard in playing off a tie. The season resulted 
as follows : 

Princeton lO, Brown 6; Princeton 3, Harvard o; Princeton 4, Amherst 2; Princeton 4, 
Brown 0; Princeton 6, Harvard 7 (fourteen innings at Cambridge) ; Princeton 8, Yale 9; 
Princeton 2, Yale 12; Princeton 6, Amherst 2; Princeton 9, Williams 4; Princeton 4, Wil- 
liams, o. 



FOOTBALL RECORD IN SENIOR YEAR. 

It may be well to recall the record in Senior year of the football team which wound 
up the season by its brilliant and memorable victory over Yale at New Haven. Here it is: 

Goals. Touchdowns. Safeties. Points. 

Princeton 11 7 o 94 

Stevens o o o o 

Hoboken, Oct. 14, 1885. 

Princeton 10 4 o 76 

Stevens 00 00 

Hoboken, Oct. 17, 1885. 

Princeton 9 5 o 76 

Univ. of Penn i i i 10 

Philadelphia, Oct. 24, 1885. 

Princeton 9 5 o 76 

Univ. of Penn 11 i 10 

Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1885. 

Princeton, 84 o 64 

Graduates o o o 

New York, Nov. 3, 1885. 

Princeton I3 7 o 108 

Johns Hopkins 00 10 

Princeton 11 2 o 76 

Wesleyan 00 10 

Princeton, Nov. 14, 1885. 

Princeton i o o 6 

Yale I* o OS 

New Haven, Nov. 21, 1885. 
* Goal from the field by Watkinson 

Princeton S 7 o 57 

Univ. of Penn 00 00 

Philadelphia, Nov. 26, 1885. 
Resume. 
Princeton, 76 goals ; 43 touchdowns ; safeties ; 637 points. 
Opponents, 4 goals ; l touchdown ; 5 safeties ; 25 points. 
Harvard did not play Princeton in '85, by command of the faculty. 

During this season DeCamp and Harris made 25 touchdowns; Lamar 22; H. Hodge, 13; 
R. Hodge, 5; Griffith, 2; Toler, i ; Adams, i ; Bickham, i. 



LACROSSE RECORD IN SENIOR YEAR. 

Princeton, 5 goals ; Stevens, o goals. 
Princeton, 2 goals; Harvard, 3 goals. 
Princeton, 3 goals; N. Y. University, i goal. 
Princeton, 5 goals; Yale, o goals. 

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CLASS OFFICERS. 

Freshman Year. 

President, Porter; Vice President, Wiley; Secretary, Farrand; Treasurer, McClellan. 



Sophomore Year. 

President, Wills; Vice President, Paton; Secretary, Hood; Treasurer, Congar; His- 
torian, Paton. 



Junior Year. 

President, Fleming; Vice President, Mathis ; Secretary, Van Syckle ; Treasurer, Kane; 
Historian, Paton. 



Senior Year. 

President, Baucus ; Vice President, Erdman ; Secretary, Van Syckle; Treasurer, Congar; 
Historian, Paton. 



MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. 

Editoes of Beic-a-Brac. 

Halstead, Chairman; Cashman, Hodge, R., McKecknie, Paton, Pershing, Reynolds. 

Editors of Nassau "Lit". 
Mathis and Paton, managing editors; Cameron, Elder, McKecknie, Miller, M., Reynolds, 
G., treasurer. 

'86's Princetonian Editors. 
R. Hodge, managing editor; Gaines, associate manager; Baucus, Erdman, Evans, 
White ; r^jshman, treasurer. 

'86 IN THE College Glee Club. 
Calhoun, J., leader; Carter, S., first tenor; Larkin, Shea, first bass; Clark, second bass; 
Wanamaker, business manager; Crozier, accompanist. 

'86 Class Glee Club. 
Calhoun, J., Leader; Waddell, Evans, Kelley, Shea, Wills, Griffith, Jessup, W. 

'86 IN THE Banjo Club. 
Guitars : Congar, Shea, Stoddard ; Banjos : Toler, leader ; Halsey, C. 

'86 IN THE Instrumental Club. 

Pershing, leader and first violin; Smith, business manager and 'cello; Robinson, cornet. 

University Football Team. 

(Winners of the championship in '85, defeating Yale, 6 to 5. Harvard d' not play 

Princeton that year) 

Forwards: De Camp '86, Capt. ; Adams '86, Harris '86, Irvine '88; Cowan '8t ; Cook '89; 

H. Hodge '86, quarterback: R. Hodge '86; half-backs: Lamar '86, Toler '86; full-back: 

Savage '87 ; substitutes : Griffith '86, Ford '89. 

University Ball Nine (Senior Year). 
Brownlee '89, c; Bickham '86, p; Larkin '86, i b. ; Harris '86, 2 b. ; Taylor '89, 3 b. ; 
Duffield '81, l.f.; Reynolds '86, c.f. ; Shaw '86, r.f., (Capt.) 

University Lacrosse Team (Senior Year). 
Goal: H. Hodge '86, capt.; point: S. Hodge '88; cover, R. Church '88; first defense 
Cowan '88; second defense: Cook '89; third defense: Riggs '87; centre: Nicholson '88 
third attack: Harlan '86; second attack: Bliss '88; first attack: R. Hodge '86; second home 
Egbert '86; first home: Ranney '86; substitute: Wills '86. 

Football Teams. 

Freshman Year. 
Forwards: Blakemore, Blair, Griffith, Halstead, Harris, Porter. 
Half Backs : R. Hodge, Lamar, Shaw. 
Three-quarter back: H. Hodge (Capt.) 
Back : Young. 



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Sophomore Year. 

Forwards : Blakemore, Blair, Griffith, Halstead, Harriman, Harris. 
Quarter-back: Shaw (Capt.) 
Half-backs : R. Hodge, Lamar. 
Back : Young. 

Class Nines. 

Freshman Year. 
Shaw, c. ; Forsyth, p.; Harding, i b. ; Harris, 2 b. (Capt.); Carter, 3 b. ; Larkin, s.s. ; 
Reynolds, F., l.f. ; Reynolds, G., c.f. ; Robinson, r.f. 

Sophomore Year. 
Harding, c; Bickham, p.; Calhoun, J., i b. ; Harris, 2 b. ; Carter, 3 b. ; (Capt.); Clark, 
s.s.; Robinson, l.f.: Reynolds, G., c.f.; Shaw, r.f. 

Junior Year. 

Shaw, c. (Capt.); Bickham, p.; Harris, i b. ; Wanamaker, 2 b. ; Carter, 3 b. ; Totten, 
s.s.; Reynolds, G., l.f.; Toler, c.f.; Robinson, r.f. 

Senior Year. 
Shaw, c, (Capt.); Bickham, p.; Harris, i b. ; Robinson, 2 b. ; Wanamaker, 3 b. ; 
Totten, s.s.; Reynolds, G., l.f.; Toler, c.f.; Carter, r.f. 

Class Football Teams. 

Freshman Year. 

Forwards: Blakemore, Harris, Wills, Halstead, Blair, Griffith; half backs: R. Hodge, 
Shaw, Lamar; three-quarter back: H. Hodge (Capt.); back: Young. 

Sophomore Year. 

Forwards: Blakemore, Harris, Wills, Halstead, Blair, Griffith; quarter back: Shaw 
(Capt.) ; half backs: R. Hodge, Lamar; Back: Young. 

Sophomore Reception Committee. 
Blakemore (Chairman), Bevin, Cameron, Forsyth, Green, R., Harriman, Harris, 
Lamar, McClellan, McKenney, Milton, Reynolds, G., Timlow. 

Washington's Birthday Orators. 

Freshman Year, Farrand; Sophomore Year, Erdman; Junior Year, Cashman; Senior 
Year, Bennett. 

Fellows from '86. 

E. D. Miller, Mental Science; Roddy, Classical Literature; Reed, Experimental Science; 
Boyd, Mathematics; Elsing, Modern Languages; Mathis, History. 

class day committee of '86. 
T. H. Harris, chairman; Adams, Bickham, Blair, Calhoun, Cameron, Lamar, McClellan, 
Reynolds, Shaw, Sheldon, Timlow, White. 

class day exercises. 
Master of Ceremonies, De Camp; Orator, Erdman; Poet, Mapes; Ivy Orator, Cashman; 
Historian, Paton; Presentation Orator, Gaines; Prophecy, Elder; Censor, Bailey; Class Ode, 
words by Mapes, music by Crozier. 

CLASS officers IN SENIOR YEAR. 
Fleming, President; Timlow, treasurer; Evans, secretary. 

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THE FACULTY IN OUR SENIOR YEAR. 

James McCosh, President; James O. Murray, dean of the faculty, and professor of 
English Literature; John T. Duffield, professor of Mathematics; J. S. Schanck, professor 
of Chemistry; H. C. Cameron, professor of Greek; Charles W,. Shields, professor of Science 
and Religion ; W. A. Packard, professor of Latin ; Joseph Karge, professor of Continental 
Languages; Cyrus F. Brackett, professor of Physics; H. B. Cornwall, professor of 
Chemistry; George Macloskie, professor of Biology; Charles McMillan, professor of Civil 
Engineering; Charles A. Young, professor of Astronomy; S. S. Orris, professor of Greek; 
C. G. Rockwood, Jr., professor of Mathematics; Theodore W. Hunt, professor of Rhetoric 
and English; W. M. Sloane, professor of History and Political Science; George L. 
Raymond, professor of Oratory; Samuel R. VVinans, professor of Greek; WilUam Libbey, 
Jr., professor of Physical Geography; William B. Scott, professor of Geology; Henry F. 
Osborn, professor of Comparative Anatomy ; Frederick N. VVillson, professor of Descriptive 
Geometry; William C. Prime, professor of The History of Art; Allan Marquand, professor 
of The History of Art; Andrew F. West, professor of Latin and Pedagogics; Alexander 
T. Ormond, professor of Mental Science and Logic ; Alexander Johnston, professor of 
Jurisprudence and Political Economy ; Francis L. Patton, professor of Ethics ; H. C. O. 
Huss, professor of Modern Languages ; A. L. Frothingham, professor of Archaeology ; 
Henry B. Fine, asst. professor of Mathematics ; William F. Magie, asst. professor of 
Physics; H. S. S. Smith, asst. professor of Civil Engineering; Malcolm McNeill, asst. 
professor of Practical Astronomy; Leroy W. McCay, instructor in Analytical Chemistry; 
Albert P. Carman, tutor in Mathematics ; J. Mark Baldwin, instructor in Modern Lan- 
guages ; Franklin C. Hill, curator of the E. M. Museum. 

Other college officers : E. C. Osborn, treasurer ; Frederick Vinton, librarian ; Henry 
N. Van Dyke, Registrar; Henry G. Duffield, treasurer's assistant; Isaac J. Turner, Superin- 
tendent of Gymnastics; Matthew Goldie, proctor. 



THE PRECEPTORIAL SYSTEM. 

No experiment in education has attracted so much attention in recent years as the 
establishment of what is known as the "Preceptorial System" at Princeton. In the olden 
days, communication between the professor and the student was confined to the classroom, 
and no epithet of opprobrium was more severe than for a student to be known as a "boot 
licker". All that has disappeared now, throug'h the fine and uplifting influences of the 
preceptorial system, which brings the student and instructor into friendly, congenial and 
helpful contact. 

An excellent conception of the workings of this plan — which, let it be said, is immensely 
popular with the undergraduates — may be gained from extracts from a thoughtful article 
written by Nathaniel E. Griffin, Ph.D., preceptor in English at Princeton, taken from The 
Scwayiee Revieiv for April 1910: 

Much interest has been manifested of late in the introduction at Princeton of a new 
method of undergraduate instruction known as the Preceptorial System. After four years 
of successful incubation the new venture received last June baptismal endorsement from the 
first class to enter college after its introduction and has already come to be looked upon 
as a permanent institution at Princeton. It may accordingly not be inappropriate at the 
present juncture for one who has had the good fortune to take part in this interesting 
experiment to attempt a brief sketch of the origin, practical operation, and underlying 
principles of the new system. 

It has become a matter of familiar comment that the growing size of college classes no 
longer permits the close association between student and teacher that used to exist in 

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earlier days when college classes were smaller. Neither in the large classroom recitation 
nor in the crowded lecture hall has it remained possible to perform the salutary task of 
holding the individual student to account for daily performances. Infrequent opportunity to 
recite, on the one hand, and lack of opportunity to do so, on the other, has too frequently 
suffered the healthful habit of daily study to sink into innocuous desuetude. Even the 
final examination — the last disciplinary refuge of our present system— has been largely de- 
prived of its traditional terrors by the extensive vogue of the eleventh-hour syllabus. How to 
reenlist the jaded interest of the student in the wholesome discipline of daily tasks is the 
problem which Princeton has undertaken to solve, and the Preceptorial System is her 
solution. 

Plans for a reform upon the lines just indicated bad been contemplated by Woodrow 
Wilson some years before he became president of Princeton University, and in the summer 
of 1902 Dean West of this university visited England in order to embody in the new 
curriculum at Princeton the best features of the tutorial system at Oxford. The new plan 
of instruction was formally ratified by the Board of Trustees in June of 1905, and finally 
put into operation by the appointment of forty-seven preceptors— drawn from the faculties 
of thirty-six institutions— who entered upon their new duties the following September. The 
essential features of the new programme may be briefly outlined as follows : 

At the outset of the academic year students in all save the scientific departments of 
the university' arc distributed among the several preceptors assigned to each of these de- 
partments. Each preceptor then divides his men into small sections of not more than three 
to five members apiece. These men he meets for personal conference either in q 
college room or, preferably, in the informal surroundings of his own study. To secure 
continuity of association the preceptor invariably retains the men originally assigned to 
his charge so long as they continue in his department." The preceptorial conference takes 
the place of one of the weekly hours formerly devoted to the recitation or lecture. Though 
regularly employed to supplement courses conducted by means of recitation (as in the more 
disciplinary subjects, such as the Languages), preceptorial instruction has proved more 
effective when used to supplement courses conducted by means of lecture (as in the more 
discursive subjects, such as History, Philosophy, and Literature). As between these two 
kinds of courses, the duties and opportunities of the preceptor differ to a certain degree. 
In the former case the somewhat inflexible character of the subject-matter frequently obliges 
the preceptor to pursue something of the same general method as the classroom instructor; 
whereas in the latter, the less formal and restricted nature of the subject-matter permits him 
to pursue a method of his own. To differentiate accurately between the function of the 
lecturer and the preceptor is not always possible. Much depends upon the nature of the 
course. In general, however, the two may be said to cover the same subject-matter, but 
each in his own way and independently of the other. In the majority of cases the difference 
in method may perhaps best be defined by saying that the lecturer provides the framework 
of the course while the preceptor contributes body and substance to the structure. Thus 
the two methods supplement without overlapping one another. To strengthen his moral 
hold upon the student the preceptor is forbidden to read examination papers or to report 
absences. Any disposition to slight preceptorial work is provided against by assigning more 
weight to the opinion of the preceptor than to the examination in the determination of 
standing. Moreover, in case of neglect, the preceptor may recommend that a student be 
debarred from final examination and thus be obliged to take the course over again. At the 
end of the term the grades of a student and, in certain cases, the nature of the examination 
questions are determined by a joint conference of lecturer or classroom instructor and 
preceptors. 

But the foregoing provisions constitute only the external machinery by which the Pre- 
ceptorial System is administered. To gain a realizing sense of the true intent of the 
system it is necessary to direct attention to certain spiritual principles of which these some- 
what mechanical regulations are merely the outward embodiment. A failure to realize these 
principles has given rise to certain misapprehensions in the minds of many observers of 
the system which it will be the incidental purpose of the following remarks to correct. 

It has, in the first place, often been supposed that the small preceptorial division has 
been organized solely for the purpose of more constant and rigorous discipline. But if this 
were the case, our system would differ in no respects from that which prevails in many 
other colleges in which large classes are similarly subdivided. With us, the small division 
exists primarily to provide opportunities for the formation of such personal relationship 
between teacher and student as shall render discipline unnecessary. Our system, in other 
words, is based on the old idea that all true teaching is personal and owes its efficacy to 
the direct impact of mind upon mind. The principle is a simple one and at least as old 
as Socrates. It finds expression in the traditional relationship between master and disciple, 
and in varying form has lain at the basis of every period ot intellectual advance. It was, 
for example, the principle employed by Abelard at Paris, Arnold at Rugby, Jowett at Oxford, 
and Hopkins at Williams. Thus the Princeton system represents a reapplication to present 



1 In the scientific department the existing system of laboratory assistants renders the preceptor unnecessary. 
^UBuaUy for a period of from two to four years. A preceptor gives instruction only within hjs own chosen department. 
Consequently a student has a separate preceptor in each of the departments in which his work lies. 



academic conditions in America of a principle that can be traced back to tlie dawn of our 
civilization. 

In the second place, the Preceptorial System is not, as is often thought, a coaching 
system. The preceptor is not, like the Oxford tutor, a drill master, primarily intent upon 
getting his men through the examination. As already stated, the preceptor is expressly 
forbidden to read examination papers or to report absences. Proceeding upon the principle 
of Dr. Johnson, that "what a man reads as a task will do him little good", he seeks rather 
to develop in his men an independent love of learning as an end in itself and without regard 
to the iinal examination. 

Finally, the Preceptorial System has often been looked upon as a sort of intellectual 
go-cart, intended to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge with the least possible expendi- 
ture of energy on the part of the student. This supposition rests upon an equally erroneous 
conception. If, on the other hand, the preceptor is not a drill-master armed with the rod 
of pedagogic authority, neither is he, on the other, an intellectual wet-nurse appointed to 
feed predigested pabulum to queasy stomachs. His office is rather to act as meditator be- 
tween the student and his work. He attempts, in the triple capacity of "guide, philosopher, 
and friend", to liberate the student's latent abilities, to put him in possession of the dormant 
capacities of his own mind. He soon learns how to adapt himself to the varying capacities 
and needs of the different individuals in his group. The dull or indolent man is not en- 
couraged to stray far from the beaten track, but to the bright or ambitious man is given 
opportunity to make side excursions hither and yon in accordance with his capacity. In this 
way each man is encouraged to do his share of the common work and to do it thoroughly. 
And encouragement is all that is needed. An expressed wish or chance suggestion leads 
every man to do his best, if not from the higher motive of self-satisfaction, at least from 
the desire to please his preceptor. The advantage both to preceptor and student of this 
mutual accommodation can hardly be overestimated. It has already drawn students from 
the street, preceptors from the club, and books from the library. 

No general rule may be laid down as to the best method of conducting the preceptorial 
conference. Much depends upon the ingenuity of the preceptor. As a rule, any device 
that will stimulate independent thinking is of value. Skilfully contrived questions will 
frequently lead a student to the habit of useful induction. Oftentimes diversity in the 
method of conducting a conference serves a useful purpose. Sometimes special topics con- 
nected with the work in hand are assigned to each man ; at others, one man is called upon 
to defend a certain position, another to attack him ; and at others, general discussion occurs 
in which each man liears a part. Carefully prepared essays dealing with the reading of the 
course are required periodically. These essays are then corrected by the preceptor and gone 
over with each student in turn at a special hour appointed for the purpose. 



■ ODDS AND ENDS ABOUT PRINCETON. 

CoTjLege Attendance. 

(These figures are for 1909-10) 

At present, about 75 per cent, of the undergraduates live in college dormitories, and 
when Holder Hall is completed fully 90 percent, of the undergraduates will be accommo- 
dated on the campus. This year, 191 1, there are ivioo students in college. 

The number of officers of administration and instruction is as follows: Trustees, 29; 
Faculty and Instructors, 169; Officers, Curators, etc., 27; total — 225. 
Where the Students Live. 

At present, about 75 percent, of the undergraduates live in college dormitories, and 
when Madison Hall is completed fully 90 percent, of the undergraduates will be accomo- 
dated in dormitories. Each dormitory has its own toilet and bathing facilities, and is 
lighted by^ electricity and heated by steam, which is somewhat different from the old days, 
when University Hall and the old "Gym" furnished all the facilities for bathing, and the 
familiar student lamp the illumination. 

Where the Students Eat. 

All the Freshmen and Sophomores are required to take their meals "in commons" at 
the University Dining Halls, in University Hall. Juniors and Seniors who belong to upper 
class clubs eat at those clubs, while non-club men eat either at the dining halls, or make 
private arrangements. Ten dining rooms are assigned to Sophomores and the same to 
Freshmen. 

Medical Care. 

Medical care and attention are given to the students at the "Isabella McCosh Infirmary" 
erected in 1892 in honor of Mrs. James McCosh. Each student pays an annual fee of $7. 
which procures for him, without charge, necessary care, including board, nursing, laundry, 
and physicians' fees. The University Physician is in charge and may be consulted at any 
time, free of charge. 

The New Physical Laboratory. 

The Palmer Physical Laboratory is devoted to the use of the Departments of Physics 
and Electrical Engineering. It contains 2 large and 3 smaller lecture rooms, 7 recitation 
rooms, 4 large laboratories and a number of smaller ones, rooms for professors, a library, 
museum, and special rooms for research students. Besides, there are provided 3 machine 
shops, storage-battery and electrical charging rooms, a chemical laboratory, an X-ray 
room, constant temperature and grating rooms, together with store-rooms, balance rooms, 
photographic and photometric dark-rooms. The three floors of the building give a com- 
bined area of approximately two acres for the work of instruction and research. Its equip- 
ment is most complete and an endowment fund has been given for the purchase of sup- 
plies, the construction of special apparatus, and the satisfaction of the general scientific 
needs of the two Departments there housed. This building was the gift of S. S. Palmer, 
one of the trustees. 

The New Chemical Laboratories. 

The Chemical Laboratories are located together in the Chemical Building, and all 
courses in chemistry and mineralogy are conducted there. The top floor is devoted mainly 
to the laboratory for students in the various courses in general, analytical, and organic 
chemistry, with private laboratories, weighing rooms, and store rooms. Each student 
has a separate desk provided with water, gas, suction for filtering, and sink. On the 
second floor are lecture rooms, specimen and apparatus cabinets, and several private labor- 
atories. 

The New Natural Science Hall. 

The Natural Science Departments of the University are housed in Guyot Hall. 
Eighteen laboratories are provided, nine for each of the Departments, Biology and 

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Geology. In addition, the Department of Biology has 33 rooms for instruction and 17 for 
curatorial purposes, while the Department of Geology has in addition 34 rooms for in- 
struction and 15 for curatorial work, including rooms designed for the illustration work 
of the Department, comprising artist's studio, photographic studio, blue printing, and dark 
rooms, etc. 

Honor System. 

The Honor System was established at Princeton entirely through student initiative. 
As early as 1892-93 the introduction of a system similar to that in use in Southern colleges 
was much discussed and the old method of oversight during examinations greatly con- 
demned. The Faculty agreed to give the proposed system a trial at the midyear ex- 
examinations. Though the measure was then purely a tentative one there has never been 
any doubt at Princeton of its success, nor has even the simple wording of the original 
pledge been altered. From that time on, there has been no watching of students in 
examinations, each student at the end of his paper merely subscribing the following: "/ 
pledge my honor as a gentleman tlwt during this examination I have neither given 
nor received assistance." 

The success of the system is due altogether to the undergraduate attitude toward it. 
Any student who detects unfairness at examinations, or any examiner who on reading 
the papers discovers evidence of cheating, reports to the student Honor Committee, which, 
after due hearing, either acquits the accused or convicts and recommends to the Faculty 
that they be dismissed from college. The decisions of the Honor Committee are never inter- 
fered with or questioned by the Faculty. The Committee is composed of the presidents of 
the four classes with a Senior and a Junior elected at large, making six in all, five votes 
being required for conviction. Trials are conducted by the Committee and are not public, 
even the names of convicted students not being published. Cases of breach of the Honor 
System are of the rarest occurrence and have usually been among the newcomers to 
Princeton. 

The Senioe Council. 

Another phase of student self-government at Princeton is shown in the Senior 
Council. This body is made up of about twenty representative members of the Senior 
class, such as the managers and captains or presidents of the athletic and musical organiza- 
tions, the editors in chief of the undergraduate publications, the president of the Phila- 
delphian Society, one or two of the best scholars and four members elected at large. The 
purpose of the Council is two-fold— first, to act as a medium of unofficial communication and 
explanation between the authorities and the undergraduates, and secondly, to better the 
conditions of undergraduate life. The force of public opinion on the campus is very 
strong and finds its natural expression through the Council, whose opinion, on the other 
hand, always receives full consideration from the authorities. The Council has often proved 
valuable in accomplishing desirable results, in moulding undergraduate opinion, and in 
checking transient or permanent abuses. 

Carnegie Lake. 

Until Mr. Andrew Carnegie made possible the creation of the lake that bears his 
name, Princeton had no sheet of water available for aquatic sports except the canal. The 
formation of Lake Carnegie has restored rowing to the list of Princeton outdoor activities. 
At the lakeside a boathouse has been erected for the use of class crews, and regattas are 
held for the Carnegie Cup presented by Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie for the winning eight- 
oared crew, and for the Daggette Memorial Trophy for four-oared crews. This year races 
have been rowed with Yale and Cornell. 

In May, 1884, '86 won the Second Annual Class Championship and preliminary Inter- 
Collegiate Games with six first prizes. '86 won the Third Annual Championship in 1885 
with six first and two second prizes. 

In the fall of 1884 and 1885, '86 won the Class baseball championship. 

In '84 Princeton won the Inter-Collegiate Lacrosse Championship from Harvard, Yale 
and The University of New York. On this team were the following '86 men: H. Hodge, 
R. Hodge, Mathis, Ranney, McKecknie, Blakemore and Egbert. 

In the tennis tournament in the Spring of '84, R. T. Halsey won first prize in the 
singles, and Halsey and Hood first prize in the double. 

'86 won the Caledonian games in June 1885, with eight first and five second prizes. 

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ROLL OF THE CLASS.— PAST AND PRESENT. 

Graduate Members. 
Bachelors of Arts. 
James Collins Adams, LL.B. (Columbia '88). 
Pearce Bailey, A.M. '89, M.D. (Columbia '89). 
Joseph Deyoe Baucus, A.M. '89, LL.B. (Columbia "89). 
Grant Robinson Bennett, LL.B. (University of Wisconsin '87). 
Daniel Denison Bickham. 

Montgomery Blair, A.M. '89, LL.B. (George Washington '88). 
Robert Bruce Bowie, LL.B. (University of Maryland '89). 
James Harrington Boyd, A.M. '88; D.Sc. '92. 
Herbert Lamotte Brice, LL.B. (Columbia '88). 
John Calhoun, D.D. (Ursinus). 
Arnold Guyot Cameron, A.M. '88; Ph.D. '91. 
James Cochran Carter. 

Samuel Thompson Carter, Jr., A.M. '89, LL.B. (Columbia '88). 
John Watson Cary, Jr. 

John Reiff Cassel, A.M. '89, LL.B. (University of Pennsylvania '88). 
John Tyler Charlton. 
James Woodward Clark, A.M. '89. 
Horace Newton Congar, Jr., A.M. '89. 
David Edward Crozier. 
Charles M. DeCamp. 
Anthony Woodward Durrell. 

George A. Tryon Eddy, A.M. '89. 

William Simpson Elder. 

Henry Charles Elsing, A.M. '90, M.D. (New York University '90). 

Charles Rosenbury Erdman, A.M. '89. 

Frederick Evans, A.M. '89. 

Frank Bateman Everitt, A.M. '89. 

Wilson Farrand, A.M., '89, A.M. (Columbia 1908, hon.). 

Matthew Corry Fleming, A.M. '89, LL.B. (Cincinnati University '89). 

Joseph Holt Gaines, A.M. '89. 

James Sproat Green, Jr., A.M. '89, M.D. (Columbia '89). 

Robert Stockton Green, Jr., A.M. '89. 

William Alexander Guthrie. 

William Derickson Waples Hall, A.M. '89, M.D. (University of Pennsylvania 
'89). 

Richard T. Haines Halsey. 

Marshal Halstead. 

James Arden Harriman. 

Tracy Hyde Harris, A.M. '89, LL.B. (Columbia '89). 

Charles Elliott Hays. 

Charles Helliwell, A.M. '89. 

Walter Lowrie Hervey, A.M. '89, Ph.D. (Princeton '92, hon.). 

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Harry Hillard, degree conferred '88. 

Richard Morse Hodge, A.M. '89, D.D. (University of Nashville '90). 

Hugh Lennox Hodge, A.M. '89, D.D. (University of Nashville '01). 

William Herbert Hudnut, D.D. (Wooster '06). 

Otis Leander Jacobs, A.M. 89. 

Charles Albert Jaggar, A.M. '88, Ph.D. (Princeton '88). 

Henry Wynans Jessup, A.M. '89, LL.B. (New York University '88), LL.M. 
(New York University '92). 

William Jessup, A.M. '89' D.D. (Temple University). 

Robert Crawford Johnston. 

Francis Fisher Kane, A.M. '89, LL.B. (Uuiversity of Pennsylvania '89). 

William Dickey Kearns, A.M. '91, M.D. (Columbia '90). 

Alford Kelley, A.M. '89. 

Henry Cumming Lamar. 

John Samuel McAdam, LL.B. (Columbia '88.) 

George Brinton McClellan, A.M. '89, LL.D. (Princeton 1905, also Fordham 
1905, also Union 1906). 

Samuel John McClenaghan, A.M. '88. 

John William McKecknie. 

Carroll McKenney, A.M. '89. 

William Stevenson MacLaren, A.M. '89, M.D. (Columbia '89). 

Augustus Strong Mapes, A.M. '89, LL.B. (Columbia '88). 

John Cass Mathis, A.M. '96. 

Harris Cornell Meserole. 

Edward DeMoss Miller, A.M. '88, Ph.D. (Berlin '98). 

Marion Mills Miller, A.M. '88, Litt.D. '89. 

David Meriwether Milton, A.M. '96. 

Joseph Carroll Montanye, A.M. '89. 

John Alexander Montgomery, A.M. '89. 

John Stevens Parker, A.M. '89. 

Stewart Paton, A.M. '89, M.D. (Columbia '89). 

William Rankin. 

Joseph Pope Ranney, A.M. '96. 

Taylor Reed, A.M. '88. 

Arthur William Remington, degree conferred 1889. 

George Reynolds, A.M. '89 ; D.D. 

Edward Orth Robinson. 

George Black Roddy, A.M. '88. 

Richard Reid Rogers, A.M. '89, LL.B. (University of Virginia '8g). 

George Lester Rundle, A.M. '90, M.D. (Columbia '89). 

James Prestley Shaw, A.M. '89, M.D. (Columbia '90). 

Ralph Crowley Sheldon. 

John Archer Silver, A.M. '89, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins '95). 

Harrison Brooks Smith. 

Alexander Stewart. 

Charles Grimes Stoddard. 

Oliver Smith Strong, A.M. (Princeton '88, also Columbia '92), Ph.D. 
(Columbia '96). 

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Hervey 



Walter Bryant Hervey 
Class of 19 14. 





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Llewellyn Thomas. 

William Ferree Timlow. 

Robert Duncan Totten. 

Lewis Howell Towler, A.M. '88. 

Charles Slone Van Syckel. 

James Anderson Van Wagenen, A.M. '89, LL.B. (Columbia '88). 

John Milligan Waddell, A.M. '94. 

Albert Chandler Wall, A.M. '89. 

Lewis Rodman Wanamaker, A.M. 1902. 

Gaylord Starin White, A.M. '89. 

Robert Parmlee Wilder, A.M. '89. 

William Phelps Wood. 

Bachelors of Science. 
William Ballantyne, Jr. 
Samuel Mills Bevin. 
Joseph Gerald Branch, M.E. 
Joseph Cashman. 
Bertric Egbert. 
John Jacob Lawrence, Jr. 

Edward Hamilton Pershing, M.D. (Columbia '92). 
George Edward Shea. 
Charles Whiting. 

Civil Engineers. 
Herbert Hugh Claxton. 
Charles E. Griffith. 
Charles T. Day Halsey. 
David Elwood Harlan. 
Walter Butler Harris. 
Henry Pennington Toler. 
Henry Edgerton Vance. 

James Wilson Woodrow, degree conferred 1898. 
Frederick Albert Young, degree conferred 1893. 

Non-Graduate Members. 
Left April 1883. 

December 188^. 



Clarence J. Allen, 
William Arrott, 
Daniel B. Banks, 
William R. Blakemore 
W. H. Blauvelt, 
William A. Calhoun, 
J. H. Casterline 
Charles H. Chetwood, 

Lowrie Childs, 
George H. Davis, 
John H. Denny, 
William S. Dodd, 



May 1885. 
June 1885. 
December 1882. 
November 1883. 
January 1883. 

April 1883, Graduated from Bellevue Medi- 
cal College, New York, 1887. 
December 1883, graduated with class of '91. 
November 1883. 

October 1883, graduated with class of '87. 
June 1885, graduated with class of '87. 



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Thomas J. Dolan, 
Henry H. Forsyth, Jr., 
George I. Foster, 
Benjamin H. Gaskill, 
Harlan Victor Cause, 
WilHam J. Goudy, 
W. T. Graham, 
Samuel M. Hamill, 
John W. Harding, 
Samuel C. Henning, 

J. Parke Hood, 
James H. Horner, 
Walter B. Howe, 
Henry L. Kemper, 
Adrian H. Larkin, 
James B. Laughlin, Jr., 
Robert L. Lee, 
James W. McAlpin, 
John McMullin, 
Frederick G. Mead, 
Matthew H. Morgan, 
A. L. Nelden, 
Horace M. Porter, 

A. N. Raven, 
Clinton L. Rayner, 
Frank D. Reynolds, 
Morse Rowell, 
Walter K. Sharpe, 
Renwick T. Sloane, 
Daniel C. Smith, 
William E. Strater, 
Edwin K. Thomas, 
William S. Vanneman, 
J. G. G. Westbrook, 
John C. Wiley, 



September 1883. 

December 1884. 

January 1884. 

October 1883. 

June 1883. 

June 1885. 

November 1883. 

June 1883. 

June 1885. 

December 1883, graduated from Harvard 

'87. 
June 1884. 
October 1883. 
May 1884. 
June 1884. 

February 1883, graduated with class of '87. 
March 1883. 
March 1883. 

December 1884. 

June 1883. 

December 1885, graduated with class of '87. 

February 1884. 

September 1883, graduated with class of 

•87. 
March 1884. 
October 1883. 
November 1883. 
June 1883. 
June 1883. 
December 1883. 
March 1883. 
June 1883. 
December 1882. 
January 1885. 
June 1883. 
December 1882. 



SUMMARY. 

Graduate Members: 

Bachelors of Arts 98 

Bachelors of Science 9 

Civil Engineers 9 

Non-Graduates 47 

Total Membership 163 

Total number of deaths 35 

Present Class Membership 128 



OCCUPATIONS OF THE CLASS. 



LAW 



Baucus 

Bennett 

Blair 

Boyd 

Garter, S. 

Cassel 

Clark 


Elder 

Fleming 

Gaines 

Harding 

Harris, T. 

Jessup, H. 

Kane 


Larkin 

McAdam 

McClellan 

Mapes 

Milton 

Montgomery 

Rogers 

BUSINESS 


Sharpe 

Smith 

Totten 

Van Wagenen 

Wall 


Allen 

Ballantyne 

Bickhara 

Blakemore 

Gary 

Cashman 


Childs 

Guthrie 

Harlan 

Horner 

Howe 

Johnston 


Lawrence 

Raiiney 

Sheldon 

Sloane 

Stoddard 

Thomas 

MINISTRY 


Vance 

Van Syckel 

Wanamaker 

Whiting 

Wills 

Wood 


Calhoun 

Charlton 

Eddy 

Erdman 

Everitt 


Hclliwell 
Hillard 
Hodge, H. 
Hodge, R. 
Hudnut 


Jessup, W. 
Kelley 

McGlenaghan 
Miller, E. D. 
Raven 

TEACHING 


Waddell 

White 

Wilder 


Cameron 
Dodd 


Farrand 
Harris, W. 


Hervey 
Silver 

MEDICINE 


Strong 


Bailey 

Chetwood 

Elsing 


Green 

Hall 

Hamill 


MacLaren 

Paton 

Pershing 

ENGINEERING 


Shaw 
Vanneman 


Banks 
Blauvelt 


Branch 
Glaxton 


Egbert 
Mead 


Reed 

Woodrow 


Bowie 




EDITOR 




Jaggar 


Miller, M. 


FINANCE 




Halsey, C. 


Halsey, R. 


Henning 
BANKING 


Timlow 


Garter, J. 


Kemper 








FEDERAL SERVICE 




Durell 


Young 


EXECUTIVE 




Evans 




ART 


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Rankin 




MUSIC 




Crozier 


Shea 


ARCHITECTURE 




Davis 


McKecknie 

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Dolan 
Cause 


Laughlin 


Lee 


Meserole 



ADDRFisSES. 

Where two addresses are given, the first is the business, the second the 
home address. Please notify the Secretary of any change. 



Clarence J. Allen, 
Dr. Pearce BaileYj 
William Ballantyne, Jr., 

Daniel Bower Banks, 



Joseph D. Baucus, 

Grant R. Bennett, 
Daniel Denison Bickham, 



Montgomery Blair, 

W. R. Blakemore, 
W. H. Blauvelt, 
Robert B. Bowie, 

James Harrington Boyd, 

Joseph G. Branch, 

Rev. Dr. Jopin Calhoun, 

Prof. A. Guyot Cameron, 
James Cochran Carter, 

Samuel T. Carter, Jr., 
John Watson Gary, 
Joseph Cash man, 

John R. Cassel, 
J. H. Casterline, 



555 Juneau Place, Milwaukee, Wis. 

52 West 53rd Street, New York. 

428 Seventh Street, Washington, D. C. 

3001 Dent Place, Washington, D. C. 

Maryland Savings Bank Building, Baltimore, 
Md. 

1 301 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 

49 Wall Street, New York. 

121 East 2ist Street, New York. 

Los Angeles, Cal. 

Care Herring, Hall, Marvin Safe Co., Hamil- 
ton, Ohio. 

117 West Monument Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. 

Hibbs Building, Washington, D. C. 

Silver Spring, Md. 

Paris, Ky. 

1917 West Genesee Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 

City Hall, Baltimore, Md. 

104 West Eager Street, Baltimore, Md. 

529 Nicholas Building, Toledo, Ohio 

2509 Franklin Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. 

46 Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. 

3977 Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 

;}^ East Mount Pleasant Avenue, German- 
town, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Princeton, New Jersey. 

Greenwich Bank, 402 Hudson Street, New 
York. 

Boonton, New Jersey. 

Ill Broadway, New York City. 

586 West End Avenue, New York City. 

44 East 23rd Street, New York City. 

69 East Fifty-fourth Street, New York City. 

Care The Wall Street Journal, 44 Broad 
Street, New York City. 

36 Beach Avenue, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 

351 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

205 West Tabor Road, Olney, Philadelphia. 



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Rev. John T. Charlton, 
Dr. Charles H. Chetwood, 
LowRiE Childs, 
J. Woodward Clark, 
Herbert H. Claxton, 



David Edgar Crozier, 

George H. Davis, 
Charles M. De Camp, 
William S. Dodd, 
Thomas J. Dolan, 
Anthony W. Durell, 

Rev. George T. Eddy, 



Bertric Egbert, 
William S. Elder, 
Dr. Henry C. Elsing, 
Rev. Charles R. Erdman, 
Frederick Evans, 

Rev. Frank Bateman Everitt, 
Wilson Farrand, 



Matthew C. Fleming, 

Joseph Holt Gaines, 
H. Victor Cause, 



Dr. W. T. Graham, 
Dr. James S. Green, 

W. A. Guthrie, 
Dr. W. D. W. Hall, 

Charles D. Halsey, 

R. T. H. Halsey, 

Dr. Sam'l McClintock Hamill, 
John W. Harding, 

Davii^ E. Harlan, 



Sidney, Ohio. 

25 Park Avenue, New York City. 

South Omaha, Nebraska. 

Indiana, Pennsylvania. 

Municipal Building, Williamsbridge, New 
York. 

285 East 161 St Street, New York City. 

1520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

7010 Cjermantown Avenue, Germantown, Pa. 

411 Perry Avenue, Peoria, Illinois. 

1 127 Inca St., Denver, Col. 

Hampton, Va. 

2021 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

U. S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Woodbury, New Jersey. 

N. Y. Public Library, 5th Ave. and 42d Street, 
New Y'ork City. 

Plandome, Manhasset, L. I., N. Y. 

Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. 

Deadwood, South Dakota. 

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. 

Princeton, New Jersey. 

Princeton Club, 121 East 21st Street, New 
York City. 

New Park, Pennsylvania. 

Newark Academy, Newark, New Jersey. 

157 Ralston Avenue, South Orange, New Jer- 
sey. 

71 Broadway, New York City. 

441 Park Avenue, New York City. 

Charleston, West Virginia. 

Care Raymond, Pynchon & Co., i Draper's 
Gardens, Throgmorton Street, London, 
E. C, England. 

Sunbury, Pennsylvania. 

463 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, New Jer- 
sey. 

Indiana, Pennsylvania. 

801 South Forty-ninth Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Mills Building, New York City. 

Rumson, New Jersey. 

5 Nassau Street, New York City. 

64 West 55th Street, New York City. 

1822 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Paterson, New Jersey. 

437 Ellison Street, Paterson, N. J. 

South Main Street, Middletown, Ohio 



Tracy Hyde Harris, 

Prof. Walter Butler Harris, 

Charles E. Hays, 

Rev. Charles Helliwell, 

S. C. Henning, 

Walter L. Hervey, 

Rev. Harry Hillard, 
Rev. Hugh Lenox Hodge, 
Rev. Dr. Richard Morse Hodge, 
James H. Horner, 

Walter B. Howe, 

Rev. Dr. William H. Hudnut, 

Charles A. Jaggar, 

Henry Wynans Jessup, 

Rev. William Jessup, 
Robert C. Johnston, 
Francis Fisher Kane, 

Rev. Alford Kelley, 
Henry L. Kemper, 
Adrian H. Larkin, 
James B. Laughlin, 

John J. Lawrence, Jr., 

Robert L. Lee, 

John S. McAdam, 

George B. McClellan, 

Rev. S. J. McClenaghan, 
John W. McKecknie, 
Dr. Wm. Stevenson MacLaren, 
Augustus S. Mapes, 

Frederick G. Mead, 
H. C- Meserole, 
Edward D. Miller, 
Marion Mills Miller, 

David Meriwether Milton, 
J. C. Montanye, 
John A. Montgomery, 



68 William Street, New York City. 
Hewlett, L. L, N. Y. 
Princeton, New Jersey. 

Richmond, Ohio. 

71 Broadway, New York City. 

500 Park Avenue, New York City. 

351 West 114th Street, New York City. 

San Luis Obispo, California. 

Sewickley, Pennsylvania. 

552 West 113th Street, New York City. 

1305 Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

201 North Craig Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 

Princeton, New Jersey. 

Youngstown, Ohio. 

Southampton, New York. 

55 Liberty Street, New York City. 

52 East 77th Street, New York City. 

Zahleh, Syria, Asia. 

Sheffield, Alabama. 

1832 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

1024 Clinton Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

2124 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 

San Luis Obispo, California. 

54 Wall Street, New York City. 

Care Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Pittsburg, 

Pa. 
713 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
950 Lincoln Avenue, N. S., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Racquet Club, 27 West 43rd Street, New York 

City. 
38 Park Row, New York City. 
70 Rutherford Place, Kearney, N. J. 
15 William Street, New York City. 
37 Madison Avenue, New York City. 
Jamesburg, N. J. 

Gloyd Building, Kansas City, Mo. 
Princeton, New Jersey. 
45 Broadway, New York City. 

215 West loist Street, New York City. 
Ossining, New York. 

216 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, New York. 
Gerardstown, West Virginia. 

32 Union Square, New York City. 
ID West 64th Street, New York City. 
Pocantico Hills, New York. 

Trenton, New Jersey. 





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Dr. a. L. Nelden, 

Dr. Stewart Paton, 
Dr. Edward H. Pershing, 
William Rankin, 
Joseph P. Ranney, 

Rev. Alfred N. Raven, 
Clinton L. Rayner, 
Prof. Taylor Reed, 

Rev. Arthur W. Remington, 

Frank D. Reynolds, 

Rev. Dr. George Reynolds, 

Richard Reid Rogers, 

Walter K. Sharpe, 

Dr. James Prestley Shaw, 

George Edward Shea, 

R. C. Sheldon, 

Prof. John Archer Silver, 

Renwick T. Sloane, 

Daniel C. Smith, 
Harrison B. Smith, 

Charles G. Stoddard, 
Prof. Oliver S. Strong, 

Llewellyn Thomas, 
William Ferree Timlow, 

Robert Duncan Totten, 

H. E. Vance, 
Dr. W. S. Vanneman, 
Charles S. Van Syckel, 
James A. Van Wagenen, 
Rev. John M. Waddell, 
Albert C. Wall, 

Rodman Wanamaker, 
J. Griffiths Westbrook, 
Rev. Gaylord Starin White, 

Charles Whiting, 
Robert P. Wilder, 
Samuel R. Wills, 
William Phelps Wood, 



500 Fifth Ave., New York City. 

Nyack, N. Y. 

Princeton, New Jersey. 

Woodmere, Long Island, New York. 

Roselle Park, N. J. 

No. 16 East 33rd Street, New York City. 

Dobb's Ferry, New York. 

Sunnyside, Washington. 

315 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Care General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. 

16 University Place, Schenectady, N. Y. 

Mount Vernon, N. H. 

The Netherland, Kansas City, Mo. 
165 Broadway, New York City. 
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. 
1634 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 
5, rue Gounod, Paris, France. 
Jamestown, New York. 
Hobart College, Geneva, New York. 
Auditorium Building, nth and Nicollet Street, 
Minneapolis, Minn. 

Charlestown, West Virginia. 

3 West 61 St Street, New York City. 

Dayton, Ohio. 

Livingston Hall, Columbia University, New 

York. 
People's Gas Building, Chicago, 111. 
15 Wall Street, New York City. 
Englewood, New Jersey. 
1361 Frick Building Annex, Pittsburg, Pa. 
5021 Castleman Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Wheeling, West Virginia. 
Tabriz, Persia. 
Trenton, New Jersey. 
302 West 78th Street, New York City. 
Charleston, W. Va. 

I Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey. 
South Orange, New Jersey. 
13th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 

237 East 104th Street, New York City. 

246 East 105th Street, New York City. 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

93 Chancery Lane, London, England. 

519 South Avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pa. 

138 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey. 



James Wilson Woodrow, Bisbee, Ariz. 

1345 Franklin Street, Denver, Colorado. 
Frederick A. Young, U. S. Weather Bureau, Washington, D.C. 

Olympic Apartments, 14th and Euclid Streets, 
Washington, D. C. 



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